To be eligible to participate in the Suzi Bass Awards, a theatre company must perform within the Atlanta Metro Area and must present a required number of performances. Theatres outside the core five counties of Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties may be considered with approval of the Judging Committee.

Additionally, in order for a production to qualify for consideration, the producing company must compensate the directors, performers, and stage manager each with a sum equivalent to the “Suzi minimum” per week of work in rehearsals and performances. If requested, the theatre company must provide documentation of amounts paid to production artists.

Producers may submit any production during the current season that qualifies for consideration. It is not required that all of a producer’s shows qualify in order to submit only one.