| 2018 |
J.T. Rogers
Jolana Blau ( Honorary Award) |
| 2017 |
James C. Nicola
Marina Kellen French (Honorary Award) |
| 2016 |
Bartlett Sher
Sachi Liebergesell (Honorary Award)
Prof. Dr. Erika Fischer-Lichte (Life Achievement Award) |
| 2015 |
John Guare
Cesare L. Santeramo and Robert J. Campbell (Honorary Award) |
| 2014 |
Harold Prince
Vartan Gregorian (Honorary Award) |
| 2013 |
André Bishop
Barbara Goldsmith (Honorary Award) |
| 2012 |
Thomas Hampson
Louise Hirschfeld Cullman and Lewis B. Cullman (Honorary Award) |
| 2011 |
E.L. Doctorow
Peter Gelb (Honorary Award) |
| 2010 |
Martina Arroyo
Carol Kahn Strauss (Honorary Award)
Luise Rainer (Life Achievement Award)
Christine Ostermayer (Erwin Piscator Jubilee Award) |
| 2009 |
Marian Seldes
Max Kade Foundation - Lya Friedrich Pfeifer (Honorary Award) |
| 2008 |
Edward Albee
Meera T. Gandhi (Honorary Award) |
| 2007 |
Deborah Voigt
Alexandra Kauka (Honorary Award)
Marta Eggerth (Life Achievement Award) |
| 2006 |
Elaine Stritch
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation (Honorary Award) |
| 2005 |
Ben Gazzara
Donald M. Kendall (Honorary Award) |
| 2004 |
Kitty Carlisle Hart
Dr. Johann Georg Prince of Hohenzollern (Honorary Award) |
| 2003 |
Anna Moffo
Kurt F. Viermetz (Honorary Award) |
| 2002 |
Kurt Masur
Dr. Bernd-A. von Maltzan (Honorary Award) |
| 2001 |
2001 Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach
Drs. Ellen Hedda and Peter Landesmann (Honorary Award) |
| 2000 |
Ellen Burstyn
Anna-Maria and Stephen M. Kellen (Honorary Award) |
| 1999 |
Tony Randall
Mary Sharp Cronson (Honorary Award) |
| 1998 |
Uta Hagen
Martha W. Coigney (Honorary Award) |
| 1997 |
Lanford Wilson
Prof. Gabriele Henkel (Honorary Award) |
| 1996 |
Marshall W. Mason
Lucille Lortel (Honorary Award) |
| 1995 |
Prof. Dr. Margret Herzfeld-Sander
Prof. Dr. Volkmar Sander |
| 1994 |
William M. Hoffman |
| 1993 |
Klaus Dieter Wilke |
| 1990 |
Robert Wilson |
| 1989 |
Peter Zadek |
| 1988 |
Judith Malina |
| 1987 |
Giorgio Strehler |
| 1986 |
Lee Grant |
