Awards & Recognition
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Ivey Awards
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Off-Leash Area has been included in the local Press' "Best of the Year" listings for all but two years since 1999.
Off-Leash Area's co-directors have been awarded an individual artist grant or award every year since 2007.
Off-Leash Area's co-directors have been awarded an individual artist grant or award every year since 2007.
2016 Sage Award Nomination, Set Design, Stripe & Spot, 4 Saints in 3 Acts, AfterWind
Sage Award Nomination, Special Citation, Right Here Showcase
MSAB Artist Initiative Grant (Jennifer Ilse)
2015 Best Theater of the Year, MNPlaylist, "S.A.M.O."
MRAC Next Step Grant (Jennifer Ilse)
2014 Dance & Performance Highlights of 2013 - City Pages, for "Maggie's Brain"
Jerome Travel/Study Grant (Paul Herwig)
2013 Commission: Northern Spark (Paul Herwig)
MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant (Paul Herwig)
MN State Arts Board Arts Access Grant
2012 MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant (Jennifer Ilse)
MRAC Next Step Grant (Paul Herwig)
MN State Arts Board Arts Access Grant
2011 RDDI Dance & Development Award (Jennifer Ilse)
MN State Arts Board Arts Access Grant
2010 Sage Award for Outstanding Scenic Design in Dance, The Jury
Commission: O'Shaughnessey Dance Program "Women of Substance" (Jennifer Ilse)
MN State Arts Board Arts Access Grant
2009 MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant (Jennifer Ilse)
McKnight Theatre Artist Fellowship (Paul Herwig)
Best Actor, Best Set, Best Production (non musical) – Lavender Magazine
MN State Arts Board Arts Access Grant
2008 Best Set Designs – City Pages, Border Crossing
Sage Award Nomination Outstanding Set Design, Border Crossing
National Endowment for the Arts Artistic Excellence Grant
MN State Arts Board Arts Access Grant
2007 Commission: Walker Art Center, Momentum New Dance Works
MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant (Paul Herwig)
Best Set Designs, City Pages, A Gift for Planet BX63
2006 Best in Dance & Performance 2006 - Star Tribune for "Maggie's Brain"
Ivey Award Choreography to Gerry Girouard in OLA’s “Crimes & Whispers”
Best Set Designs - City Pages, Crimes & Whispers
2005 Ivey Award for Outstanding Production to Off-Leash Area for “Psst!”
Artists of the Year, City Pages
Best Set Designs, City Pages, A Cupboard Full of Hate
2003 Critics Pick of the Minnesota Fringe, Zap Kunst or Presto It's Art
2002 Best Theater Of The Year - City Pages, The Sunrise Cafe
2000 Best Theater Of The Year - City Pages, Zap Kunst or Presto It's Art!
1999 Video Documentation Grant
