Since 1993, Encore Stage & Studio has been awarding STAR AWARDS to actors who have shown extraordinary dedication and ability. As of the 2016/2017 season, recipients must have participated in at least eight Encore Stage & Studio productions: two onstage, two backstage on tech crew, three in either capacity and one front of house crew.

Oliver Meek
Xander Tilock

2018 STAR Award Recipients:
Isabel Dines
Henry Hubbard
Caitlyn Knittig
Hannah Knittig
Kelly McArdle
Ella McHugh
Ian Onufrak
Joshua Ramthun
Mia Randers-Pehrson

2017 STAR Award Recipients:
Liam Clancy
Holly Durham
Samuel Kopylev
Jessica Layton
Annie Wood

2017 Encore Crewton of the Year Recipient:
Sarah Strunk

2016 STAR Award Recipients:
Nicholas Boone
James Brady
Abi Burkholder
Kerstin Fagerstrom
Liliana Gallegos
Emily Kile
Zach Longsworth
Brian Metcalf
Brandi Moore
Isabel Tate
Topher Wagner

2016 Encore Crewton of the Year Recipient:
Annika Fagerstrom

2015 STAR Award Recipients:
Malena Davis
Maggie Keane
Colin Meek
Erin Poplin
GG Richmond
Thomas Schindler

2015 Encore Crewton of the Year Recipient:
Thomas Boudreaux

2014 STAR Award Recipients:
Sam Barrett
Kaitlyn Beckwith
Sophia Kingsley
Katrina Klein
Ana McMenamin

2013 STAR Award Recipients:
Sarah Conrad
Carly Greenfield
Olivia Hammermaster
Mike Holland
Matt Heap
Samantha Morley
Gina Lodato Pelusi
Shannon Redifer
Connor Stapp
Sarah Strunk
Laura Wade
Madeleine Wade
Sean Willner

2012 STAR Award Recipients:
Hayden Camp
Sarah Fahrenkrug
Reiss Gidner
Anna Kashmanian
Julie Kashmanian
Caroline Meek
Faith Palmer
Nicole Redifer
Natalie Reich
Samantha Rollin
Sydney J. Rosen
Morgan Shotwell
Katie Ward
Jacob White

2011 STAR Award Recipients:
Caroline Virginia Culberson
Sean Gilley
Kianna Gryloo
Abby Huston
Nora Huston
Perry Kaufman
Thomas Kelty
Andrew Ruhnke
Kathryn Elizabeth Young

2010 STAR Award Recipients:
Claire Comey
Rourke Donahue
Allison Hahn
Walter Lohmann
Olivia Tate
Claire Yenson
Kate Zurowski

2009 STAR Award Recipients:
Heather Courtenay
Stuary deButts
Hayley Alison Egart
Mikaela Kane
Samantha Kobor
Matthew Rosenberg
Christine Schindler

2008 STAR Award Recipients:
William Beech
Alexandra Jones
Jackson Langevoort
Collin Leibold
Macon Mann
Nora Walls
John Ponder White
Kelly Willner

2007 STAR Award Recipients:
Carson Jean Bendel
Pat Dwyer
Olivia Krout
Eileen Sugameli
Matt Welborn

2006 STAR Award Recipients:
Brynn Deakins
Eric Gore
Mary Kobor
Megan Krout
Caitlin Levine
Morgan Sendek
Alexandra Staeben
Jim Upkike
Bennett Walls

2005 STAR Award Recipients:
Susan Hoff
Katie Rosenberg
Catherine Tribone
Sam Updike

2004 STAR Award Recipients:
Joe Barbee
Matt Bell
Taylor Demeter
Alex Klein
Annie Mosher

2003 STAR Award Recipients:
Valerie Cardinal
Ben Cooper
Louisa DeButts

2002 STAR Award Recipients:
Katie Morgans
John Paul Mohler
Katie Denoble
Jennifer Lynch
Zach Pilchen
Katie Roberts

2001 STAR Award Recipients:
Miriam Cross-Cole
Kelsey Linebaugh
Melinda Diachenko
Brandyn Diachenko
Samantha Hammer
Katy Fetsch
Ginny Mohler
Murphy Hoopes
Andrew Tonken
Jessica Uze
Barrett Hunter
Montie Martin

2000 STAR Award Recipients:
Virginia Mineheart
Will Cooper
Alice Harman

1999 STAR Award Recipients:
Cat Demerode
Jimmy Keady
Julia Moon

1998 STAR Award Recipients:
Peter Bell-Laresche

1997 STAR Award Recipients:
Rachel Eisley
Shannon Hynes
Stephanie Lynch
Andy Lyons
Eric Schwartz
Ethan Stern

1996 STAR Award Recipients:
JaNesse Duarte
Wyatt Fenner
Scott Johnson
Jolie Olivetti
Dan Tuttle
Alyssa Montooth
Sarah Girovasi

1995 STAR Award Recipients:
Jody Flader
Tait Johnson
Philip Racz
Kathleen Rooney
Jennifer Scully
Naomi Uyama

1994 STAR Award Recipients:
Dave Rooney
Reed Griffith
Elizabeth Hynes
Emily Schellstrate
Stephen Bender
Nick Racz

1993 STAR Award Recipients:
Christine Anderson
Jessie Brown-White
Sarah Casey
Laura Demarco
Julie Fisher
Cathie Gayer
Jennette Gayer
Brian Horne
Brendan Hynes
Rachel Hynes
Farrell Kelly
Justine Marlow
Nina Millin
Laura Moody
John Mortenson
Elsa Olivetti
Lisa Penning
Lauri Rowley
Saj Sosseh