The League of Historic American Theatre presented Proctors with the 2009 Outstanding Historic Theatre (LHAT) award at their July 18th meeting in Cleveland.  “This is a thrill as it recognizes Proctors as a player on the national scene, ” said CEO Philip Morris.
“In selecting Proctors for this award, our award jury of historic theatre experts has acknowledged a theatre of exemplary vision and dedication to its community,” said Fran Holden, Executive Director of LHAT.
 
The judging criteria included the significance and/or magnitude of the achievement, the impact of services and breadth of the populations served and the length of time and/or intensity of the activity.   The Outstanding Historic Theatre should be “an exemplary operating historic theatre, demonstrating excellence in its community impact, quality of programs and services, and quality of historic preservation.”