Awards & Honors
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