for Exceptional Service to Minnesota Theatre

In February of 1998, as part of its 25th anniversary year, The Minnesota Association of Community Theatres (MACT) established a lifetime achievement award recognizing distinguished service to Minnesota Theatres. The award was named the Fliehr Award in honor of Kay and Richard Fliehr, lifelong community theatre promoters and organizers across the country. Theatre in the Round, the Guthrie Theater, MACT, ACTA (Amateur Community Theatre Association), AACT (American Association of Community Theatre) and many other theatres and organizations benefited from the Fliehrs’ knowledge, devotion, energy and excitement in the art and craft of theatre.

The Minnesota Association of Community Theatres is now accepting nominations for the Fliehr Award for Exceptional Service to Minnesota Theatre. Nominations may be considered for persons who have given significant service to multiple theatres, or who have led or supported specific significant projects that made a difference to multiple small or large theatres and their communities. The Fliehr Award recipient will be announced at the next MACT*Fest at the awards brunch on February 21, 2027 in Grand Rapids, MN. See www.mact.net for festival dates and locations.

Letters of nomination must be received no later than January 1, 2027. Nominations may be simple or extensive. Please include contact information for both nominee and nominator (phone, email, mail). Please include information about the nominee – theatres worked, roles played (onstage or off), staff or volunteer positions, committees, etc…. Stories about the nominee. Value to the theatre(s) as noted in statistics, stories, quotes, other awards, success of the theatre(s), etc. Pictures and family info welcome, too. Send your nominations to:

MACT Fliehr Award
c/o Larry Pint
218 6th St NE
Montgomery, MN 56069-1442
or e-mail them to: Webmaster@MACT.net.

Previous Fliehr Award Recipients are:

• 2025 – Gary Davis, Lilydale; Joel Soukkala, Cloquet
• 2023 – Curtis (Curt) Bredeson, Starbuck; Kathy Ray, Barrett; Michael Ricci, Brooklyn Park
• 2021 – Dennis Hansen, Pipestone; Carol Pint, New Prague; Larry Pint, New Prague
• 2019 – Jerry Girton, Austin
• 2017 – Steve Antenucci, Minneapolis
• 2015 – Julianna Skluzacek, Owatonna; Clifford Lundberg, Elk River; David Metcalf, Dassel-Cokato
• 2013 – Cheryl Kramer-Milder, Cloquet
• 2011 – Jan Dickinson, Robbinsdale; Jim McDonald, Fergus Falls; Kris Nelson, Cloquet
• 2009 – Donna Norberg, Minneapolis; Tim Ray, Barrett; Diane Cloeter, Faribault; Myrna Johnson, Northfield
• 2007 – Bob Healy, St Paul; Jon Skaalen, Stillwater
• 2005 – Sharon Stark, Owatonna; William P Muchow, Bloomington;
• 2003 – Flo Goodrich, St Cloud; Roger DeClercq, Bloomington (& Barrett); Sylvia Langworthy, Rochester (& Goodhue); Art Dube, Minneapolis
• 2001 – Bob Samples, Hopkins
• 1999 – Maj-Lis Keskela, Duluth
• 1998 – Kay and Richard Fliehr, Minneapolis