The mission of the International Museum Theatre Alliance is to inspire and support the use of theatre and theatrical technique
to cultivate emotional connections, provoke action, and add public value to the museum experience. 

2017 Jon Lipsky Award for Excellence in Playwriting
The recipients of this year's award are Lindsay Genshaft, Jessica Robblee, Mitch Slevc, and Mike Kasper for their script
Art Emergency: Code Red! at the Denver Art Museum. 

image courtesy Denver Art Museum

In 2014, IMTAL established an annual award dedicated to the memory of playwright Jon Lipsky. Jon was Professor of Acting and Playwriting at Boston University’s School of Theater, and he created many wonderful short plays on science themes for Boston's Museum of Science. The winner of the Lipsky award will have written the play that most exemplifies standards of excellence in Museum Theatre. The award will be presented at The IMTAL luncheon during the American Alliance of Museums Conference and Expo in St. Louis on May 9.

2017 IMTY Award
This year's IMTY Award, given annually to Senior Management who show outstanding support for museum theatre programming goes to Philip Yuris, Park Supervisor at Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam, CT for “undying support of the East Haddam Stage Company, resident theatre company at Gillette Castle State Park."

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS

Secretary: Elysia Segal, New York Transit Museum - Brooklyn, NY

Vice President: Todd D. Norris, Children's Museum - Indianapolis, IN

Publications Officer: Ilana Gustafson, Natural History Museum - Los Angeles, CA

Membership Officer: Mark Wehlage, Conner Prairie - Fishers, IN

Our thanks to outgoing Publications Officer Judy Fort Brenneman and
Secretary Amber Parham for their dedicated service.