Barrymore Awards

Named in honor of the famed American theatrical family, the Barrymore family, the Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre have served as Philadelphia's professional theatre awards program since the 1994–1995 season.

[1] The awards ceremony was held at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts for the first two years in 1995 and 1996,[2] the Walnut Street Theatre in 1997 and 1998.

[4] The awards ceremony moved to the Independence Seaport Museum in 2001,[5] and it returned to the Annenberg Center in 2002.

[11] By January 2000, the Walnut agreed to rejoin after the Alliance of Greater Philadelphia instituted an appeals process in their system.

[12] The appeals process was removed for the 2000–2001 season, and the Walnut again withdrew from consideration from 2003 through 2006, citing a perceived bias against the theatre by nominators.

[14] The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia folded on June 30, 2012, due to funding issues.

[23] In June 2018, Theatre Philadelphia announced the removal of gender identifiers from performance categories.