2017 TEA Summit & Thea Awards Gala a huge success - Nominations are now closed for next year

The 2017 Summit & Thea Awards of the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) took place April 20-22 at Disneyland Resort, Anaheim CA USA and the entire weekend of events was a great success, with full houses, relevant programming, high production values, networking, discussion, and pageantry that reflects the culture and creativity of our unique industry. The themed entertainment stars were out!

Chimelong Ocean Kingdom received a Thea Award for the 5D Castle Theater

Nearly 800 people attended the 2017 Thea Awards Gala, 250 for Summit Day One, and more than 400 for Summit Day Two. 

2018 dates: We are returning to Disneyland Resort for next year's big weekend

• TEA Summit: Thursday-Friday, April 5-6
• 24th Annual TEA Thea Awards: Saturday, April 7, 2018

How to submit a nomination for a Thea Award

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  TEA International President David Willrich
  Nominations closed July 7, 2017 for the 2018 TEA Thea Awards judging cycle. Click here for details.

2017 TEA Thea Award recipients

• Visit the official gallery to see all recipients

Browse the 2017 photo albums

• Summit Day One; Summit Day Two
• Nolan Bushnell and Bruce Vaughn talk VR
• Greg Louganis at the TEA Summit
• Jeremy Railton, 2017 Thea Buzz Price lifetime honoree
• TEA leaders grace the Gala
• Red-carpet moments
• Trophy moments
• All TEA photo albums

View the 2017 Thea Awards program

• The 2017 Thea Awards Gala program includes descriptions of all
  

  This was Phil Hettema's third year
  as producer of the TEA Thea Awards Gala,
  with his team from The Hettema Group. 
  TEA COO Jennie Nevin presented him
  with a bouquet onstage during the Gala.
  award recipients, photos and official credits lists. You can access it along with prior year programs at this link.

Revisit the 2017 Summit

• Summit program information is in the official TEA Theas & Summit blog 

Media coverage

• Articles appeared in a range of media outlets including: Orange County Register, InPark Magazine and Blooloop. Season Pass Podcast was on the spot and their coverage will appear serially in the near future.

Where's the video?

• TEA official videographers captured the events. Video coverage will be released soon on TEA TV