2019

Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Award

Best Director of a Play – The Diary of Anne Frank, Arvada Center

2018

True West Award

Into the Woods, Phamaly Theatre Company

Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Award 

Best Director of a Play – Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthias, Local Theater Company

2015

Westword

Best Director – Charles Ives Take Me Home, Curious Theatre Company

Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Nominations

Best Play & Best Director – Charles Ives Take Me Home, Curious Theatre Company

2014

5280 Magazine

Top of the Town, Best Director of 2014

• “If Denver had its own Hollywood-style walk of fame, this veteran director would own a star. We’re fans of her gutsy focus on rough and somber pieces and her ability to wring the rawest emotions from her actors.”

2013

Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Nominations

Best Play & Best Ensemble – Time Stands Still, Curious Theatre Company

2012

Denver Post Theater Highlights of 2012

#1: 9 Circles, Curious Theatre Company

#6: Here’s to director Christy Montour-Larson whose three dramas at the Curious Theatre Company (9 Circles, Red and Time Stands Still) and the Denver Center’s production of The Giver deftly maneuvered and illuminated the dark.

True West Awards

Best Play – Red, Curious Theatre Company

Best Play by the Denver Center – The Giver, Denver Center Theatre Company

Nomination – Theatre Person of the Year

Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Awards

Best Director & Best Play – Red, Curious Theatre Company

Denver Examiner Top Plays of 2012

#1: Red, Curious Theatre Company

#7: 9 Circles, Curious Theatre Company

• Denver Examiner, Director to Watch: “Montour-Larson brings clarity of vision to each production she tackles, she inspires greatness from her cast, and brings out the best in everyone lucky enough to have worked with her. Every Montour-Larson production I’ve seen has been stunning from top to bottom, with fine attention to detail and tremendous commitment to the story being told.”

Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Nominations

Best Director & Best Play – 9 Circles, Curious Theatre Company

2011

Denver Post Ovation Award:

Best Season for a Director

• A Number, Curious Theatre Company
• The Diviners, Phamaly
• Church, Theatreworks

Out Front Marlowe Award

Best Director & Best Play – The Diviners, Phamaly

Denver Post Ovation Nomination

Theatre Person of the Year

2009

Denver Post Ovation Nomination

Theatre Person of the Year

Denver Post Ovation Nominations

Best Director & Best Play – Well, Denver Center Theatre Company

Denver Post Ovation Nominations

Best Director & Best Play – Rabbit Hole, Curious Theatre Company

Out Front Marlowe Award

Best Director & Best Play – Rabbit Hole, Curious Theatre Company

2007

Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Nomination

Best Director & Best Play – I Am My Own Wife, Curious Theatre Company

Colorado Spotlight Award

Best Play – I Am My Own Wife, Curious Theatre Company

2003

Out Front Marlowe Award

Best Director & Best Drama – Proof, Curious Theatre Company

2002

Denver Post Ovation Award

Best Director & Best Comedy – Fuddy Meers, Curious Theatre Company

Out Front Marlowe Award

Best Director & Best Comedy – Fuddy Meers, Curious Theatre Company

1999

Minnesota Association of Community Theatre Festival

Best of Festival & Best Director – Forever Plaid, Rochester Civic Theatre

American Association of Community Theatres Region V Festival

Second Place – Forever Plaid, Rochester Civic Theatre

1997

Minnesota Association of Community Theatre Festival

Best of Festival & Best Director – The Glass Menagerie, Rochester Civic Theatre

1992

Duluth News-Tribune

“#1 Arts Event of the Year” – Ten November, Duluth Playhouse

1991

Minnesota Association of Community Theatres

Second Place – Waiting for Godot, Duluth Playhouse