sentences:  Only five non-Equity theatres had productions judged in that first season, and three awards were presented the following fall.Currently these awards are given at a separate Non-Equity Wing Awards Night each spring.The current Joseph Jefferson Committee consists of up to 55 men and women who come to the committee with an academic background in theatre, significant professional experience, a history of theatre involvement, and/or years of consistent theatre attendance in Chicago and in other major theatre capitals of the world.