The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) has announced that its 2023-2024 Joe A. Callaway Awards will be awarded to Daniel Aukin and nicHi douglas. The awards, which recognize excellence in Off-Broadway direction and choreography, will be presented in a virtual ceremony in spring 2025.

Aukin will be honored for excellence in directing for Stereophonic at Playwrights Horizons, while douglas will be honored for excellence in choreography for (pray), a co-production between National Black Theatre and Ars Nova. 

Finalists for direction include Saheem Ali for Buena Vista Social Club at Atlantic Theater Company and Sam Pinkleton for Oh Mary! at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, while finalists for choreography include Graciela Daniele and Alex Sanchez for The Gardens of Anuncia at Lincoln Center Theater and Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck for Buena Vista Social Club at Atlantic Theater Company. 

The 2023-2024 Callaway Committee was chaired by Shea Sullivan and included William Carlos Angulo, Maggie Burrows, Roger Danforth, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Kyle Donnelly, Dell Howlett, Kenny Ingram, Gerry McIntyre, Margarett Perry, Danya Taymor, and Daniela Varon.

“The Callaway Awards are such a thrilling opportunity to both witness and lift up the work of our directing and choreography peers who are creating exciting and innovative theatre in continuously challenging times," Sullivan said in a statement. "It’s a difficult choice every year but the committee is overjoyed for this year’s awardees and finalists.”

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