Carmie Wolfe Volunteer of the Year
This award is given annually to honor the volunteer(s) who has made the biggest diffrence that year. It was initially designated for backstage volunteers only, but has been broadened to include volunteers in any aspect of the theatre. Awarded since 1975.
(Carmie Wolfe, Topeka High School teacher and philanthropist, made it possible for TCT to hire a resident director and to make the down-payment on TCT's first permanant home, the Warehouse Theatre on the Levee in North Topeka, with her bequest in 1972.)
| 1975-76 | Paul Beauchamp | 1976-77 | Dorothy Radcliff Self |
| 1977-78 | Deanne Hardenburger | 1978-79 | Naomi Lawson |
| 1979-80 | Jo Centlivre | 1980-81 | Harold & Lois Lynn |
| 1981-82 | Carol Benoit | 1982-83 | Debra Heacock |
| 1983-84 | Kathi Killman | 1984-85 | Jennifer Buttell & John Duff |
| 1985-86 | Ernie Hendricks* | 1986-87 | Dee Butterfield |
| 1987-88 | Verne Stephens* | 1988-89 | John Heller |
| 1989-90 | Jo Centlivre | 1990-91 | Allison Hartley |
| 1991-92 | Melinda Cooper & Verne Morlan* | 1992-93 | Charles Andrews |
| 1993-94 | Twink Lynch | 1994-95 | Doug Exline & Frank Schultz |
| 1995-96 | Deb Bruner | 1996-97 | Kathi Killman |
| 1997-98 | Adam Jenks | 1998-99 | Kate Stires |
| 1999-00 | Melinda Cooper | 2000-01 | Candice Massie |
| 2001-02 | Cliff Alfrey | 2002-03 | Phyllis West |
| 2003-04 | Martin "Cody" Peterson | 2004-05 | Virginia Starr |
| 2005-06 | The Remp Family – Raymond, Jo Ann, Kimberly & Melanie | 2006-07 | Gary Bodenheimer |
| 2007-08 | Melissa Quirarte |