English Speaking Union Shakespeare Contest won by Walden Theatre students (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005)

LEO Readers' Choice Award recognized Walden Theatre as "Best After-School Program" (2001, 2003)

National Endowment for the Arts funds Shakespeare Festival (2002)

Nancy Niles Sexton receives Presentation Academy's Tower Award for Leadership in Arts and Communication (1999)

Princeton University's International Ten Minute Play Contest won by Walden Theatre student play, California Raisins (1998)

Nomination for a Regional Emmy in 1994: Young Playwrights Festival "On Second Thought . . ."

American Association of Disability Communications and the President's Council on Employment of the Handicapped Award and the Media Arts Award to Inside Out / Upside Down (1986)

National Committee for Arts Very Special Arts and the Handicapped Award for Inside Out / Upside Down (1985)

Actors Theatre's Humana Festival includes works from Walden Theatre's Young Playwrights Festival (1982)

Children's Theatre Association of America Distinguished Play Award for My Days as a Youngling (1980)

Louie First Award for My Days as a Youngling (1979)