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J. Wendell Johnson Award for Excellence in Stage Design
Past Recipients
| 2012 Erica Schwehr |
| 2011 Not Awarded |
| 2010 Paul Sawyer |
| 2009 David Tousley |
| 2008 Lauren Smith |
| 2007 Nick Ruiz |
| 2006 Melissa Tom |
| 2005 Audra Smrtic |
| 2004 Audra Smrtic |
| 2002 Daniel Dzlubezynjski |
| 2001 Susan Bartholomew |
| 2000 Susan Bartholomew |
| 1999 Anne Burk |
| 1999 Marcie Coe |
| 1998 Laura Patterson |
| 1998 Anne Burk |
| 1997 Wendy Hodgen |
| 1994 Barbara Gotcher |
| 1994 David Gilman |
| 1994 Amy Zsadanyi-Yale |
| 1991 Donna Cordrey |
| 1990 Diane Winesburg |
| 1990 Scott Sinagra |
| 1989 Diane Winesburg |
| 1988 Rhonda Roper |
| 1987 Sharon Ridge |
| 1986 Rhonda Roper |
| 1985 Rhonda Roper |
| 1985 Audrey Walker |
| 1984 Kate Irvine |
| 1983 Deborah Weber |
| 1981 Colleen Troy |
| 1980 Ellen Briggs |
| 1978 Susan Olsen |
| 1977 Kay Auguilar |
| 1976 James Culley, Jr. |
| 1975 Emily Aiken |
| 1975 Jessie Scott |
| 1974 Stephen Graziani |
| 1973 William Hickman |
| 1972 Dwight McBride |
| 1972 Janet Hanreddy |
| 1971 Stephen C.Wathen |
| 1966 Phillip Kearney |
| 1965 Robert Franklin |
| 1964 Danny Zanvettor |
| 1963 Bonda Gay Lewis |
| 1962 Ben Shelton |
| 1960 Ralph Fetterly |
| 1959 Carolyn Tippet |
| 1952-59 Unknown |
J. Wendell Johnson graduated from Superior State Teacher’s College in 1932. He moved to Palo Alto to attend Stanford University for his graduate work and then eventually earned his Master’s Degree at The University of Minnesota in 1936. Johnson was hired at San Jose State Teachers College in 1937 and taught Play Production and Stage Design.
The J. Wendell Johnson Design Competition was established in 1952 and is given for Award for Excellence in Design for the Stage.
