NAACP Theatre Award – Spirit Award

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The Spirit Award is an honorary award, one of the NAACP Theatre Awards, an American award scheme run by the NAACP to honor outstanding people of color in theater.

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The Spirit Award is presented to an individual who is judged by NAACP members to bring energy, tenacity, innovation, commitment, talent, and of course, spirit, to the theater scene. [1]

Award winners

NAACP Theatre Award – Spirit Award
YearHonoree
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006 [1] Heavy D
2007 [2] Usher
2008 [3] [4] Vivica A. Fox
2009 [5] [6] Tichina Arnold
2010 [7] Ashanti
2024 [8] Myles Frost

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