The NAACP Theatre Awards is an award presented annually by the Beverly Hills-Hollywood branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to...

 to honor outstanding people of color in theatre

Theatre

Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...

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Similar to other awards, the Theatre Awards are voted on by members of the NAACP. There are also honorary awards, including the President's Award, the Trailblazer Award, the Spirit Award, the Community Service Award and The Lifetime Achievement Award.

The awards were first presented in 1991. The ceremonies usually take place in the Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 area sometime after the NAACP Image Awards.

Past Shows

Year	Day	Host(s)	Location
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2005	February 21	Jo Marie Payton Jo Marie Payton Jo Marie Payton is an American television actress, and singer, who starred most notably as Harriette Winslow on the ABC sitcom, Family Matters, and its parent series Perfect Strangers. From 2001 to 2005 Jo Marie Payton provided the voice for Suga Mama Proud on Bruce W. Smith's The Proud Family,... /Glynn Turman Glynn Turman Glynn Russell Turman is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a writer, director, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as high school student Leroy "Preach" Jackson in the 1975 coming-of-age film Cooley High, math professor and retired Army colonel Bradford...	Vision Theatre
2006	February 20	Hill Harper Hill Harper Francis Harper , known professionally as Hill Harper, is an American film, television and stage actor, and author. An alumnus of Harvard Law School, he is best known for his portrayal of Dr... /Valarie Pettiford Valarie Pettiford Valarie Pettiford is an American stage and television actress, dancer, and jazz singer. She received a Tony nomination for her role in the broadway production Fosse. She is also known for her role as "Big Dee Dee" Thorne on the UPN sitcom Half & Half.-Stage:Pettiford began her career as a dancer...	Directors Guild of America Theatre Directors Guild of America Directors Guild of America is an entertainment labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry...
2007	February 19	Chandra Wilson Chandra Wilson Chandra Danette Wilson is an American actress and director, best known as Dr. Miranda Bailey in the ABC television drama, Grey's Anatomy.-Early life:... /Steve Harris Steve Harris (actor) Steve Harris is an American actor who has appeared in a number of films including; Quarantine, Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Bringing Down The House, The Rock, The Mod Squad, and Minority Report. He is most famous for his role as Eugene Young on the legal drama The Practice...	Directors Guild of America Theatre Directors Guild of America Directors Guild of America is an entertainment labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry...
2008	July 1	Anthony Anderson Anthony Anderson Anthony Anderson is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He has starred in his own sitcom All About the Andersons, as well as the Fox sitcom The Bernie Mac Show during the fifth and final season of the show. He is also known for his leading roles in television dramas such as K-Ville, The... /Kimberly Elise Kimberly Elise Kimberly Elise is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her role in the films Set It Off, Beloved, John Q, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, and For Colored Girls...	Kodak Theatre Kodak Theatre The Kodak Theatre is a live theatre in the Hollywood and Highland shopping mall and entertainment complex on Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles...
2009	August 31	Loretta Devine Loretta Devine Loretta Devine is an American stage, film and television actress known for her roles on Boston Public, Grey's Anatomy, and Eli Stone. She also provided her voice for the stop motion animated television series The PJs. Devine is a NAACP Image Award and Emmy award winning actress.-Early life:Devine... /Terry Crews Terry Crews Terrence Alan "Terry" Crews is an American actor, comedian, voice artist and a former player in the National Football League....	Directors Guild of America Theatre Directors Guild of America Directors Guild of America is an entertainment labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry...

Equity

• Best Choreography
• Best Costumes
• Best Director
• Best Director of a Musical
• Best Ensemble Cast
• Best Lead Female
• Best Lead Male
• Best Lighting
• Best Music Director
• Best Playwright
• Best Producer
• Best Set Design
• Best Sound
• Best Supporting Female
• Best Supporting Male

Local

• Best Choreography
• Best Costumes
• Best Director
• Best Director of a Musical
• Best Ensemble Cast
• Best Lead Female
• Best Lead Male
• Best Lighting
• Best Music Director
• Best Playwright
• Best Producer
• Best Set Design
• Best Sound
• Best Supporting Female
• Best Supporting Male

Special awards

• Community Service Award
• Lifetime Achievement Award
• President's Award
• Spirit Award
• Trailblazer Award