SAve the date for the 7th annual stage Awards in june 2026!
Our seventh annual event will take place here in downtown Sioux Falls on Thursday, June 25, 2026, at the Orpheum Theater. Come celebrate excellence in dance, theatre, comedy and music at our 2025-26 event — tickets go on sale soon!
Best Play
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Musical
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Leading Actress in a Play
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Leading Actor in a Play
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Direction of a Play
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Direction of a Musical
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Play or Musical (Collegiate)
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Performer in a Play or Musical (Collegiate)
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Comedy, Variety or Dance Event or Series
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Improv or Standup Comic
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Dance or Variety Performer
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Instrumental or Choral Music Event or Series
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Lighting or Sound Design
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Scenic or Prop Design
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Costume, Hair or Makeup Design
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Best Choreography
Nominees Announced 06.01.26
Special Distinction
HONOREES Announced 06.25.26
Sioux Falls Stage Award of Excellence
HONOREE Announced 06.25.26
Awarded for longstanding excellence and dedication to local performing arts, both in direct participation and in fostering support among community members and peers
Amy Eitemiller Morrison Award
Honoree Announced 06.25.26
Given in memory of one of the original Sioux Falls Stage Awards panelists, awarded to an artist who is multi-disciplinary and tireless in their pursuit of excellence and inspiring others to be artists themselves — an individual whose dedication to craft has made an impact and who possesses unmistakable talent in more than one artistic specialty.
Eligibility & Criteria
Eligibility period is June 2025 through May 2026. Nominees are voted upon by a growing panel of local performing artists and supporters. New panelists are selected the year prior and tasked with patronizing as much local work as they can. To be eligible to be considered, events must be locally produced within 10 miles of the city limits of Sioux Falls by local companies or organizations headquartered within a 10-mile radius. Only original-run productions are eligible in all play/musical categories. Extended runs or remounts from the same company, with predominantly the same creative team and technical designs, remounted or revived within three eligibility years, are only eligible once. Panelists are precluded from voting for themselves. In the categories of Best Comedy, Variety or Dance Event or Series; Best Instrumental or Choral Music Event or Series; and Best Play or Musical (Collegiate), no more than two of five (or three) nominees may be sourced from a single company. In the categories of Best Play; Best Musical; Best Leading Actress and Actor in a Play or Musical; Best Featured Actress and Actor in a Play or Musical; Best Direction of a Play; Best Direction of a Musical; Best Dance or Variety Performer; Best Lighting or Sound Design; Best Scenic or Prop Design; Best Choreography; Best Costume, Hair or Makeup Design; and Best Performer in a Play or Musical (Collegiate), no more than three of five nominees may be sourced from a single company, unless the eligible field is limited to only two represented companies in a given voting period. No performer or director may be nominated more than once in a single category.