Since 2016, the prize has been awarded as the ‘Prize of the International Theatre Institute’ to artists who make a significant contribution to international cultural exchange between Germany and other countries through their commitment to the performing arts.
The prize is awarded by the members of ITI. A jury consisting of five members (including two board members) proposes a list of nominees to the membership for voting. The jury is composed anew each year.
The prize has been endowed since 2017. The prize money currently amounts to 3,000 euros.
Marta Górnicka, KULA Compagnie, Flinn Works, Monika Gintersdorfer, Preisgeld-Spende und Sammlung für das Zoukak Theater in Beirut (Libanon), Jetse Batelaan, Anta Helena Recke und das Ensemble von "Mittelreich", Viktor Bodó, Yael Ronen, Milo Rau.
From 1985-2015, the German Centre of the ITI awarded the ‘World Theatre Day Prize’. PRIZE HOLDERS:
Klaus Michael Grüber, George Tabori, Mülheimer Theatertage, Hauptredaktion Theater und Musik des Zweiten Deutschen Fernsehens, Karl-Ernst Herrmann, Pina Bausch, Hans Werner Henze, Peter Palitzsch, Thomas Langhoff, Tankred Dorst, Siegfried Matthus, William Forsythe, Gert Voss, Achim Freyer, Volker Ludwig, Adolf Dresen, Manfred Linke und das Forum Junger Bühnenangehöriger der Berliner Festspiele, Roberto Ciulli und das Theater an der Ruhr, Frank Castorf, Nele Hertling, Kurt Hübner, Heiner Goebbels, Peter Konwitschny, Andrzej Wirth, Jürgen Gosch, das Regie- und Bühnenbildteam Christoph Marthaler und Anna Viebrock, Dea Loher, Jürgen Schitthelm, Henning Rischbieter, Johan Simons, Joachim Fiebach.