5th Annual Irma P Hall Black Theatre Award Winners
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Best Scenic Design of a Play or Musical
Yajaira Rosales If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must Be a “MF”: An African Folktale @ Jubilee Theatre Best Lighting Design of a Play or Musical Velyncia Caldwell Fairview @ Bishop Arts Theater Center in partnership with Undermain Theater Best Costume Design of a Play or Musical Jasmine Woods Travisville @ Soul Rep Theatre Company Best Sound Design of a Play or Musical Ryan J Simon If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must Be a “MF”: An African Folktale @ Jubilee Theatre Best Choreographer Quinton Winston Dreamgirls @ Jubilee Theatre Best Musical Director Steven A. Taylor Dreamgirls @ Jubilee Theatre |
Best Actor in a Musical
Andre Pernell Williams II Dreamgirls @ Jubilee Theatre Best Actor in A Play Christian Wilson Bars and Measures @ Bishop Arts Theater Center Best Actress in Play Tiana Shuntae Alexander Good Grief @ Soul Rep Theatre Company Best Actress in Musical Tyler Fite An Oak Cliff Carol @ Urban Arts Center Best Director Sheridan Singleton Black Nativity '22 @ Bishop Arts Theater Center Best Play What to Send Up When It Goes Down @ Stage West Best Musical Dreamgirls @ Jubilee Theatre |
The Irma P. Hall Black Theater Awards was founded in 2015 by DFW Black Arts. Named in honor of the legendary actress Irma P. Hall, IPHBTA was created to honor the artistic excellence in performing and technical theater for companies in the Dallas Ft Worth metroplex.
Irma P. Hall, a Texas native, is a stage and film actress. Best known for her standout role as the matriarch “Big Mama” in the film Soul Food, Hall has nearly 100 film and television credits to her name. Hall taught in the Dallas school system for twenty years until she was discovered by actor and director Raymond St. Jacques.
Hall has been nominated and has received several awards for her acting including a NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Soul Food, the prestigious Prixe du Jury from Cannes Film Festival for her performance in the The Ladykillers and an induction into the Texas Film Hall.
How Nominations Are Determined
- Be produced in Dallas/Ft Worth
- Have a cast of 51% African Americans
- Run for a minimum of 2 weeks
- Have a cast of 51% African Americans
- Run for a minimum of 2 weeks