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Founded in 1999 by a group of young artists participating in the Arden Theatre Company’s nationally recognized Professional Apprentice Program, Azuka Theatre has built a reputation for accessible, thought-provoking and socially conscious theater and been hailed as “a company to watch” and a “major player on the Philadelphia alternative theatre scene,” by Philadelphia Weekly.

In 1999 they were awarded the Philadelphia Gay News’ LAMBDA Award for Outstanding Arts Event for their first production, La Rue des Faux. In 2008, they received the Barrymore Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical -- Kim Carson for Hedwig and the Angry Inch and in 2010 Outstanding Sound Design -- Christopher Colucci for The Long Christmas Ride Home. They have received eight other Barrymore Award Nominations; Outstanding New Play for An Artist’s Workshop (2004), Best Actress in a Play -- Mary Martello in The Boys (2006), Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, Outstanding Direction of a Musical -- Kevin Glaccum, Outstanding Musical Direction -- Troy Herion, Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical -- Dito van Reigersberg for Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2008), Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play -- Keith Conallen in The Long Christmas Ride Home (2009) and the Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play for the terrible girls, by Jacqueline Goldfinger (2011).