Awards & Accolades

American Association of Community Theatres (AACT)

  • “First Runner Up Best Production”: Three Viewings 2003
  • “Best Set Dressing”: Three Viewings 2003
  • “Excellence in Acting Awards” for both Wendy Ishii and Frances Burns 2003

Colorado Community Theatre Coalition

  • “Best Production”: Beast on the Moon 2004, Three Viewings 2002, A Walk in the Woods 1997
  • “Best Actress”: Wendy Ishii 2004 & 1996, Frances Burns 2002, David Siever 1997
  • “Best Director”: Laura Jones 2004 & 1996
  • “People’s Choice Award”: Beast on the Moon 2004

Denver Post

  • Ovation Awards “Best Production”: Three Viewings 2002
  • Ovation Awards “Best Supporting Actress”: Wendy Ishii 2002

Fort Collins Coloradoan

  • “Best Theatre”: 2005
  • “Best Theatre”: 2003 & 2000
  • “Best Actor”: David Siever 2002
  • “Coloradoans Making a Difference Award”: Wendy Ishii 2002
  • “Best Actress”: Wendy Ishii 1998

Miscellaneous

  • Fort Collins Convention and Visitor’s Bureau - “Choice City Champion Award”: 2002
  • Rocky Mountain Bullhorn - “Best Theatre”: 2002
  • Northern Colorado Multicultural Corporation - “Arlene Nededog Merchant Awareness Award”: 2004
  • Northern Colorado Business Report - “Who’s Who in Northern Colorado”: Wendy Ishii 2004

National and International Invitations include:

  • Samuel Beckett Symposium - Sydney, Australia 2003 (The event won the prestigious Helpmann Award for “Best Special Event”, recognition comparable to the Tony Award.)
  • Invitation for documentation of work in the Samuel Beckett Archives in Reading, UK,U by Curator James Knowlson
  • An article on our production of Beckett’s Embers appears in “Drawing on Beckett: Portraits, Performances and Cultural Contexts,” recently published by the Assaph Book Series, Tel Aviv
  • Common Threads: Susan Glaspell’s Trifles and the Interaction of the Arts, Law and Society in Addressing Violence Against Women Tel Aviv University 2000
  • Avram Theatre Southampton, New York 1999
  • International Federation of Theatre Research - Kent University, Canterbury, UK 1998
  • International Beckett Festival - Victoria, BC 1997
  • Colorado College - Colorado Springs 1996
  • International “Telly Award”: Wendy Ishii 1996

Testimonials

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“[The] Bas Bleu encourages young people to become involved as audience and artist.”
- Carol Ann Hixon, Former Fine Arts Coordinator, Poudre School District