And in the spring of 2002, The Mint was awarded a Special Drama Desk Award for "Unearthing, presenting and preserving little-known plays of merit."
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On May 21, 2001 the Mint received an Obie award, recognizing our achievement of combining "the excitement of discovery with the richness of tradition." The citation read:

How does a theater combine the excitement of discovery with the richness of tradition? This theater’s answer is to make sure all of its old plays are brand new. When it comes to the library, there’s no theater more adventurous. In the past few years, it’s given the New York premieres of works by Thomas Wolfe and Harley Granville-Barker, plus the first revivals in decades of writers like Susan Glaspell, A.A. Milne, George Kelly and Cicely Hamilton. For keeping us up to date on a hundred years ago, the judges have awarded an Obie Grant to the Mint Theater Company.

  “The dramatic literature from every country, beginning with Greece, is our heritage.  It is not to be read; it is to be seen on stage.  Most Americans know little of it.  This our challenge, our duty, and our mission in life – to bring live theatre to our city and country at a price which families can afford.” – Tony Randall (1920-2004), on the mission of his dream, the National Actors Theatre, which he founded in 1991 and which presented over 20 major productions of classical theatre works both on and off-Broadway.

“With the Tony Randall Theatrical Fund and the Tony Randall Grant, we strive to continue Tony’s dream of bringing the classical tradition of theatre to the public and on into the next millennium,” states Heather Randall.

“We are so thrilled and honored to receive this magnificent gift,” stated Jonathan Bank, Mint Theater Artistic Director.   “Mr. Randall made an invaluable contribution to the theatrical community in his lifetime and with this grant he continues to have a huge impact—an impact that goes beyond the remarkable generosity of this one grant by boldly declaring the importance of our theatrical heritage and the great works of drama from all the world’s stages.  I am looking forward to upholding the values that he held dear with our production of Tolstoy’s neglected drama THE POWER OF DARKNESS.”