Stardust Award Descriptions - North Texas Performing Arts

Community Award Descriptions

Distinguished Performing Artist

The Distinguished Artist Stardust Award goes to that outstanding adult artist whose performing art challenges, inspires, and delights their audiences. Their art may be in theatre, dance, vocal, instrumental, or other performing arts disciplines.

Distinguished Elementary School Performing Arts Educator

The Elementary School Performing Arts Educator Stardust Award will go to that public or private elementary school educator who works to inspire our youth to develop their performing arts skills in dance, choir, orchestra, band, theatre, speech or debate, and other performing arts disciplines. This professional goes “above and beyond” to provide a meaningful and impactful performing arts educational experience for their students.

Distinguished Middle School Performing Arts Educator

The Middle School Performing Arts Educator Stardust Award will go to that public or private middle-school educator who works to inspire our youth to develop their performing arts skills in dance, choir, orchestra, band, theatre, speech or debate, and other performing arts disciplines. This professional goes “above and beyond” to provide a meaningful and impactful performing arts educational experience for their students.

Distinguished High School and Senior High Performing Arts Educator

The High School Performing Arts Educator Stardust Award will go to that public or private high-school educator who works to inspire our youth to develop their performing arts skills in dance, choir, orchestra, band, theatre, speech or debate, and other performing arts disciplines. This professional goes “above and beyond” to provide a meaningful and impactful performing arts educational experience for their students.

Distinguished Collegiate Performing Arts Educator

The Collegiate Performing Arts Educator Stardust Award will go to that public or private collegiate educator who works to inspire young adults to develop their performing arts skills in dance, choir, orchestra, band, theatre, speech or debate, or other performing arts discipline. This professional goes “above and beyond” to provide a meaningful and impactful performing arts educational experience for their students.

Distinguished Performing Arts Leadership

To serve its mission, a non-profit performing arts organization requires a leader with skills in management, fundraising, marketing, governance, and programming. The Performing Arts Leadership Star Award celebrates an individual organization’s leadership role who has made a significant impact on the performing arts on behalf of their organization with an impact on the broader community.

Distinguished Performing Arts Organization

The Distinguished Performing Arts Organization Stardust Award will go to a non-profit organization or public institution that provides performing arts entertainment or education that is meaningful and impactful to the community at large. Organizations large and small may be considered for this award.

Distinguished Performing Arts Volunteer

The Performing Arts Volunteer Stardust Award celebrates an individual who has made a significant impact in a non-profit performing arts organization’s operations, programming, governance, fundraising, or other key contribution.

Distinguished Performing Arts Philanthropy

The Distinguished Arts Philanthropy Stardust Award celebrates the generosity of foundations or individual donors whose significant gifts and financial support allow a nonprofit performing arts organization to better serve their mission in our community.

Business Champion for the Performing Arts (Large Business)

The Business Champion for the Performing Arts Stardust Award celebrates the contributions and accomplishments of businesses whose support and partnership have made significant gifts of time and/or financial support to a non-profit performing arts organization. The business has made substantial efforts to support and champion the performing arts in our community. The award may be for the business or an outstanding community contribution by a leader within the business.

Business Champion for the Performing Arts (Small & Medium Business)

Arts Advocate of the Year

This award recognizes contributions to NTPA or individual theatre by a community leader, business, or institution that has made a significant impact with their show of financial or other support.

NTPA Volunteer Award Descriptions

The recipients of these awards will be determined by the NTPA Management Team and reviewed by the Management Committee of the Governing Board of Directors.

Founder’s Award

This is an award recognizing that NTPA special volunteer, board member, or donor whose special efforts merit high recognition of distinction for their service. This award is offered to those participants whose meritorious works place them in a unique pantheon of NTPA’s most impactful volunteers.

Legacy Award

This is an award recognizing that NTPA special volunteer, board member, or donor whose efforts merit the highest of distinction for their service and whose efforts have created a high level of impact for NTPA and left a significant legacy behind for their work. This very special award is rarely offered and reserved for those very special whose meritorious works have years of service and whose work has positively left its mark on NTPA.

President’s Award

This award recognizes that NTPA Board Member whose efforts and contributions deserve recognition for their impact on NTPA and example of leadership for our NTPA boards.

Volunteer of the Year

This award recognizes that NTPA Volunteer whose “above and beyond” efforts have made a significant impact on NTPA shows, programs, and activities. This should be “uncompensated” volunteerism that has made this individual a key source of effort and support in the prior year.

Outstanding Show Manager

This award recognizes that NTPA Show Manager Volunteer whose “above and beyond” efforts have made a significant impact on at least one NTPA production in the past year. This show manager’s attitude, organization, and success in working with the rest of their volunteer team provide that incredible Show Manager experience.

Outstanding Set-Build Creation

This award recognizes that NTPA Set Designer Volunteer whose “above and beyond” efforts have made a significant impact on at least one NTPA production in the past year. This Set Designer’s attitude, organization, and success in working with the rest of their volunteer team provided that excellent NTPA production set.

Outstanding Costume Design

This award recognizes that NTPA Costume Designer Volunteer whose “above and beyond” efforts have made a significant impact on at least one NTPA production in the past year. This Costume Designer’s vision, attitude, organization, and success in working with the rest of their volunteer team and students provided that excellent NTPA costume experience.

Outstanding Technical Design

This award recognizes that NTPA Sound or Lighting Designer Volunteer whose “above and beyond” efforts have made a significant impact on at least one NTPA production in the past year. This Designer’s vision, attitude, organization, and success in working with the rest of their volunteer team and students provided that excellent NTPA light and sound experience.

Outstanding Show Promotions and Fundraising

This award recognizes the that NTPA Promotions Manager whose “above and beyond” efforts have resulted in a successful financial contribution to NTPA and the producing theater the shows through innovative, thoughtful, and unique show promotions delivered in a professional and team-oriented spirit.

Outstanding Marketing and Social Media

This award recognizes the NTPA Marketing & Social Media Manager whose “above and beyond” efforts have resulted in a successful financial contribution to NTPA and the producing theater the shows through innovative, thoughtful, and unique show promotions delivered in a professional and team-oriented spirit.

Rules of the Selection Process

The official deadline for nominations is May 31, 2022. NTPA may extend this deadline at its own discretion.
North Texas Performing Arts reserves the right to choose its own qualifications for each award category and retains the full and complete right to change the categories, award criteria, qualifications, award schedule and dates.
Some categories (such as “Artists” may be subdivided into individual genres (Dance, Drama, Voice) provided the number of “Finalists” can be 4-5 per category.
The Advisory Council should select up to five finalists for each category including an Honoree.