Following is a summary of the rules for the 2011 Gregory Awards. Visit the categories page for more information on the individual categories.

Definitions

• 2010-2011 Season: A production is considered to qualify for the 2010-2011 season if at least one performance fell between August 1st, 2010 and July 31st, 2011.
• Theatre Practitioner: any individual involved in the theatre arts, including but not limited to: actor, actress, artistic director, costume designer, composer, director, lighting designer, set designer, sound designer, stage manager or technical director.
• TPS Organizational Member: an organizational member in good standing of Theatre Puget Sound.
  
  Professional theatre organizations can find out more about joining Theatre Puget Sound here:
  

  http://tpsonline.org/join/organizations.shtml.

How Will Nominees Be Chosen?

The process balances input from critics, academics and theatre professionals in determining the results.

Nomination Process

During the month of August 2011, nominations from shows in the 2010-2011 season will be submitted by a panel of nominators consisting of:

• Theatre critics representing print and online media from across Western Washington.
• Theatre academics representing colleges and universities across Western Washington.

Nomination panel members will submit up to six candidates for consideration in each category.  Results will be tabulated, and the top four nominees in each category will appear on the final ballot. The names of nominators for the 2011 Gregory Awards will not be publicly announced until September 1st.

Members’ Voice: Individual Theatre Puget Sound members will be able to submit their own nominations during the month of August, 2011. The top name in each category submitted through this process will appear as a fifth choice in each category on the final ballot (see below). 

People’s Voice: The public will also have the opportunity to submit their own nominations during the month of August, 2010. The top name in each category submitted through this process will appear as a sixth choice in each category on the final ballot (see below).

Voting Process

TPS will tally the nomination submissions and determine the six top contenders in each of the categories. Two of the nominees in each category will be chosen from write-ins through the Members’ Voice and People’s Voice submission processes (see above).  These contenders will be announced in early September, and they will constitute the final nominees that appear on a multiple-choice ballot to be voted on by the approximately 1,500 members of Theatre Puget Sound before October 7th.  The results will be announced at the gala on October 17th.