The Tom Killen Award is the highest honor the Connecticut Critics Circle bestows. It is for a lifetime of dedication to the theater and to theater in Connecticut. It is named after Tom Killen, a talented young critic who died at the age of 33 in August 1989 and who helped found the Connecticut Critics Circle.
YEARLY AWARD RECIPIENTS
2024 Jacques Lamarre
2023 William Berloni
2022 Kevin Connors
2019 Michael Yeargan
2018 Michael O’Flaherty
2017 Paulette Haupt
2016 Anne Keefe
2015 Carmen de Lavallade
2014 Athol Fugard
2013 Aetna New Voices at Hartford Stage
2012 Jacqueline Hubbard
2011 Music Theatre of Connecticut
2010 The O’Neill Center
2009 Rob Ruggiero
2008 Gordon Edelstein
2007 James Bundy
2006 Ct. Commission on Arts & Tourism
2005 Michael Wilson
2004 Bert Bernardi
2003 Gov. John Rowland
2002 Steve Campo
2001 George C. White
2000 Cory and Bob Donnalley
1999 Semina DeLaurentis
1998 Michael Price
1997 Steve Karp
1996 Mark Lamos
1995 Lucille Lortel
1994 Susan and Richard Hallinan
1993 James B. McKenzie
1992 Arvin Brown
1991 Lloyd Richards
