The Ivey Awards project was established in 2004 to celebrate Twin Cities professional theater.
The Ivey Awards has two primary objectives:
- Increasing awareness of Twin Cities professional theater; and
- Creating a celebration for all people who love Twin Cities' theater – those within the theater community and those in the audience.
The Ivey Awards are administered by an advisory committee of local theater professionals and theater-goers. Committee members are:
- Andrea Christiansen Colliers International
- Christiana Clark Actress
- Fran Davis Board Member, Guthrie Theater
- Mitch Kelly Event Producer, Assistant Director
- Patricia Mitchell Ordway Center for Performing Arts
- Amy Newton Arts & Custom Publishing
- Faye Price Co-Artistic Producing Director, Pillsbury House Theatre
- Stacia Rice Actress/Artistic Director
- Peter Rothstein Artistic Director, Theater Latte Da
- Sheila Livingston Director of Artistic Relations, Guthrie Theater
- James Williams Actor
- Sally Wingert Actor
- David Stillman Owner, BridgeWorks
- Tim Jennings Director of Marketing, Children's Theatre Company
- Emily Gunyou-Halaas Actor