Amy Morton with presenter David Fuller

2000 Recipient

Steppenwolf Theatre Company - IL began performing plays informally in 1974. Their mission is to advance the vitality and diversity of American theatre. Among their accomplishments are two Tony Awards for The Grapes of Wrath (1990), and six Tony nominations for Buried Child (1996). Steppenwolf is the only theatre company to have been recognized with the National Medal of Arts – our nation’s highest arts and humanities award that was presented by President Clinton in 1998.