The Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards Committee, with the advice of Margaret Mooney, each season honours an administrator who has most embodied the hard work and excellence the professional theatre demands.

Margaret Mooney won the 1992 Sterling Award for Outstanding Contributions to Theatre in Edmonton. She was Artistic Coordinator at The Citadel Theatre from its opening in 1965 until her retirement in 1998 when she was given a Life Honorary Membership in Canadian Actors’ Equity Association for contributions to the Cultural Life of Canada.  In addition to the exemplary service on the job to each of the Artistic Directors and all of the artists who appeared there over the years, she was an unfailing source of knowledge and support for her colleagues in non-artistic roles as well. Margaret’s understanding of the creative process and empathy for how precarious life is as an artist have made her the perfect confidante and mentor. Margaret served as Edmonton’s unofficial agent – the only source of reference for many out of town directors and casting agents because she knew just about every actor in the city. Though she still serves as the “living memory” of The Citadel Theatre, her personal network covers the entire theatre scene in Edmonton. She has returned with vigour to her visual arts activities. Margaret has had over 20 solo exhibitions of her paintings, stained glass and woodcuts worldwide.