Peggy S. Ezekiel Awards

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Categories of Awards

• Architecture 

• Costume Design

• Costume Technology

• Lighting Design

• Lighting Technology

• Makeup/Wigs Design

• Makeup/Wigs Technology

• Scenic Craft (carpentry, property, or painting)

• Scenic Design

• Sound/Sound System Design

• Stage Management/Production Management

• Technical Direction/Engineering

• USITT/Ohio Valley Career Service Award

 

Each of these categories are divided into five sections: Academic (non-student), Community, Professional, Student/Undergraduate and Student/Graduate. (Work categorized as student is only for productions in an academic setting.) 

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The Process:

It is important to note that the intent of the Peggy Ezekiel Award is to be a recognition of outstanding achievement for work produced at all levels. The Awards Committee evaluates each entry on its own merit and not against other work submitted. 

 

Awards and Recognition

• Award of Outstanding Achievement is work adjudicated to be excellent, outstanding in every respect receiving the highest recognition

• Award of Distinction is work adjudicated to be of very good, highly deserving of recognition.  

• There is no minimum or maximum number of awards presented at each level.

• The Board's Choice Award will be awarded to the top ten entries as determined by the Board members in attendance at the Fall Conference.  Unlike the Award of Outstanding Achievement and Award of Distinction, this is a competition.  Only the top ten submissions will be sent, at OVS expense, to the National Conference and Stage Expo.  In addition, the top three student submissions will be awarded a complimentary pass to the conference by USITT National.  

 

EZEKIEL SUBMISSION INFORMATION

The Ezekiels are displayed virtually on our website.  Deadline for nomination and entry form is October 1 and entries should be uploaded by that time.  Entries will be on display at OVS Fall Conference and on the OVS website.  

 

Please put images in the order that each exhibitor wants their information to be viewed with the number in the file title. You may upload between one to three - 18"x24" images per exhibit. If doing sound/video, links may be submitted as video links. All files uploaded should be less then 100 MB per file. Please no PDF's.

 

The Ezekiel Award submissions are open to any production produced or conceived between August 2025 and August 2026. If you had entered an unproduced work last year and have since produced it, you may not enter it again. 

 

Please email Kathe at k-devault@onu.edu with any questions.

 

FORMAT

Each person will be allowed to submit:

• Up to 3 18"x24" images. 

• Please submit file format as a Jpeg or png. 

• Must include entrant's name, category (see nomination form) and name of production represented. 

• Images must be in the preferred order for display with the number in the file name.

• File size should be less than 100MB.

• One panel must include a typed concept statement or description (not to exceed one page) which helps put the work in context for the viewer/adjudicators. It should clearly state the entrant’s objectives, describe challenges and solutions and include information on the collaborative effort of the production team (for realized productions).

• There is a limit of a maximum of two entries per year.

 

DIGITAL PERMISSIONS 

• If you grant the USITT Ohio Valley Section to exhibit this work it may include digital storage of display images, displaying at the National conference and usage for promotion of the section in print, online, and other digital formats. By stating "yes" you agree that you have gained any needed permissions for the use of all work presented in your submission.

• If you give permission to the USITT Ohio Valley Section to exhibit this work, it may be displayed on the OVS website. By stating "yes" you agree that you have gained any needed permissions for the use of all work presented in your submission.

 

COSTUME DESIGN

• Renderings and sketches

• Fabric swatches

• Production photos

• Concept statement and description of process (maximum one-page)

 

LIGHTING DESIGN

• Reduced plot and section

• Lighting sketches

• Color swatches

• Production photos

• Concept statement and description of process (maximum one-page)

 

SCENIC DESIGN

• Renderings or photo of model

• Reduced ground plan(s)

• Production photos

• Concept statement and description of process (maximum one-page)

 

SOUND DESIGN

• Audio line diagram (a single line, schematic or block diagram graphically outlining how the system is interconnected). All icons should be labeled as to their specific function, make and model number. (Currently there is no USITT graphic standard for sound)

• Reduced speaker ground plan and section indicating position of all equipment on stage, in pit and in the house including rough focus position of each unit

• Sound cue list (sound plot)

• Production photos

• Photos including specials, practicals and unique installations

• Concept statement and description of process (maximum one-page)

 

TECHNOLOGY/CRAFT

• Copies of original design sketches or renderings

• Working drawings or sketches

• Process photos

• Production photos

• Concept statement and description of process (maximum one-page)

 

STAGE MANAGEMENT/PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

• Sample paperwork such as calling scripts, blocking sheets, run sheets, etc.

• Production photos

• Description of the process for the show and any challenges faced (maximum one-page)

 

ARCHITECTURE

• Scaled floor plans/ Site Plan

• Section through the theatre

• Renderings and/or photo of the model

• Description of Technical Theatre Systems, support spaces and project program

• Project budget

• Process of project photographs

• Concept statement and description of process (maximum one-page) 

 

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

In addition to the standard format for all submissions, Ezekiel entrants may include other support material with their submission as long as they do not exceed 5 individual files per submission. These materials will be used during the adjudication process, but will not be included in the exhibit. This material can include:

• Support paperwork (i.e. schedules, cue sheets, budgets, etc.), full blue/black line prints and additional research in PowerPoint/PDF format.

• Clickable links for sound entries containing examples of designed cues, music choices and /or original compositions. It is recommended that this recording be "self-narrative" with the designer's voice describing the content and design choice for each cue. The recording should be a maximum of five minutes.

 

ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE

​An interdisciplinary committee of qualified professionals will be assembled to adjudicate the Ezekiels. Award winners will be announced during the Fall General Membership Meeting. 

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Board choice winners will be contacted about showing work at the national conference.