New Hampshire Magazine was applauded for outstanding support of the arts through donations of time, money and resources to the arts, and specifically for the creation and nurturing of the New Hampshire Theatre Awards (NHTA) which provides a year-long program of adjudication and education culminating in an annual awards night where the best plays, directors, actors and technical roles are celebrated.

The NHTA has been an all-volunteer group since its inception, sponsored by New Hampshire Magazine and overseen by an operations committee that meets regularly at the New Hampshire Magazine offices. This year as the organization prepares for a 10th anniversary awards night, the magazine gave over all rights to the NHTA to a board of directors who were assembled to guide the NHTA into a new beginning as an official NH non-profit organization.

Editor of New Hampshire Magazine Rick Broussard, a co-founder and former chair of the NHTA, says, "The work that New Hampshire Theatre Awards does in promoting local theatre and providing creative cross-fertilization is so important that this organization was destined to leave the nest and fly on its own. New Hampshire Magazine takes great pride in the role we played bringing the organization to this point and look forward to its continued success.

At its annual meeting, April 25 2011, the New Hampshire Theatre Awards (NHTA) Board of Directors approved a slate of officers and added two new board members to the recently incorporated not-for-profit organization.

Although planning and adjudication is currently under way for the 10th year of awards to be presented to youth, community, and professional theatre groups from across the state, the New Hampshire Theatre Awards only recently filed documents of incorporation and the application for its non-profit charter is currently under review.

New members of the board are:

• John Camponello, director of BetweenGigs Casting based in Manchester NH
• Katie Collins, director of development for the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord NH

• President; David Preece Executive Director and CEO of Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission in Manchester NH
• Vice President; Mark DeLancey, Executive Director of M&D Productions in Conway NH
• Secretary; Dr. Trish Lindberg, professor of education and integrated arts coordinator at Plymouth State University in Plymouth NH
• Treasurer; Dennis Schneider, Actorsinger Executive Technical director in Nashua NH

New Hampshire Theatre Awards is the state's only awards program for professional, youth, and community theatre. The program trains and organizes over 130 adjudicators each year to judge over 60 productions by approximately 40 theatre groups. The results are revealed in a gala awards night each February.