Awards

• 2011
  Star Tribune: #1 & 2 on Top 10 Doubt and Man of La Mancha
  City Pages: #5 on Top 10 Doubt
  Pioneer Press: Productions That Made a Difference Man of La Mancha
  TC Daily Planet: Top 10 productions Doubt
  Ivey Award: Doubt
• 2010
  Sally Award: Vision
  Ivey Award: Othello
  Minneapolis Arts Commission: Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts and Community
  Minneapolis City of Lakes Rotary: John Fischer Rotary Hope Award
  Pioneer Press: 10 Productions That Made a Difference My Fair Lady
  Minnesota Monthly: Michelle Hensley - Best Stage Director of 2010
  City Pages: #1 on Top Ten List Life's a Dream; Ten Thousand Things - Best Small Theater of 2010; Michell Hensley - Best Director of 2010; Michell Hensley - Artist of the Year
• 2009
  MinnPost: Tops Theater Faves of 2009 Othello
  Twin City Daily Planet: #7 on Top Ten List Othello
  Pioneer Press: #3 on Top Ten List Raskol
  City Pages: #7 on Top Ten List Raskol
• 2008
  Star Tribune: Outstanding Small Theater Musical Once On This Island
  Pioneer Press: Tied for #2 on Top Ten List Twelfth Night, Once On This Island
  City Pages: Top Ten List Eurydice
• 2007
  Star Tribune: Outstanding Small Theater Production Richard III; Outstanding Actor Performance Bob Davis in Richard III; #2 for Outstanding Musical Little Shop of Horrors; Top Three Small Stage Theater Picks of the Summer Little Shop of Horrors; Outstanding Actress Performance Barbara Berlovitz in Blood Wedding
  Pioneer Press: Top Ten List: Little Shop of Horrors
  City Pages: Standout Sets/Design: Blood Wedding
• 2006
  Star Tribune - Outstanding Small Theater Productions Merchant of Venice
  Pioneer Press - Top Ten List In a Garden
• 2005
  Ivey Award for Steve Hendrickson's performance as the lead in Cyrano
  Star Tribune: Outstanding Small Theater Productions: Antigone, Iphigenia Outstanding Musical Ragtime
  Pioneer Press Top Ten List: Antigone
  Francesca Primus Prize for outstanding contribution to the American theater by a female artist
• 2004
  Star Tribune: Outstanding Small Theater Production Cyrano
  Pioneer Press: Top Ten List: Cyrano, A Winter's Tale
• 2003
  Pioneer Press: #5 on Top Ten List The Good Person of Szechwan
  Star Tribune: The Good Person of Szechwan
• 2002
  McKnight Theater Artist Fellowship: Michelle Hensley
• 2001
  Pioneer Press: #4 on Top Ten List The Most Happy Fella
  City Pages:#7 on Top Ten List The Most Happy Fella
• 2000
  City Pages: Top Ten List The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol
  Pioneer Press: #6 on Top Ten List Cymbeline
  Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship: Michelle Hensley
• 1999
  Pioneer Press: #3 on Top Ten List The Tempest
  Star Tribune: Outstanding Productions The Unsinkable Molly Brown
• 1998
  City Pages: #3 on Top Five Most Exquisite Productions Measure of Measure