- Kornél Mundruczó (Candidate since 2017)
- Oliver Frljic (Candidate since 2011)
- Blitz Theatre Group (Candidate since 2011)
- Jiří Adámek (Candidate since 2017)
- Radu Afrim (Candidate since 2007)
- Compagnia Anagoor (Candidate since 2017)
- Mattias Andersson (Candidate since 2017)
- Artūras Areima (Candidate since 2017)
- Paco Bezerra (Candidate since 2011)
- Michał Borczuch (Candidate since 2017)
- Gianina Carbunariu (Candidate since 2011)
- Massimiliano Civica (Candidate since 2017)
- El Conde de Torrefiel (Candidate since 2017)
- Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota (Candidate since 2009)
- Paulina Feodoroff (Candidate since 2017)
- Alexis Forestier (Candidate since 2017)
- Jarosław Fret (Candidate since 2017)
- Grzegorz Jarzyna (Candidate since 2007)
- Dimitris Karantzas (Candidate since 2017)
- Maja Kleczewska (Candidate since 2017)
- Timofey Kulyabin (Candidate since 2017)
- Ari-Pekka Lahrti (Candidate since 2017)
- Antonio Latella (Candidate since 2007)
- Angélica Liddell (Candidate since 2011 )
- Vincent Macaigne (Candidate since 2017)
- Anna-Sophie Mahler (Candidate since 2017)
- Lea Maleni (Candidate since 2011 )
- Alexander Mørk-Eidem (Candidate since 2017)
- Wajdi Mouawad (Candidate since 2007)
- Fabrice Murgia (Candidate since 2017)
- David Pařízek (Candidate since 2010)
- Bobi Pricop (Candidate since 2017)
- Philippe Quesne, (Candidate since 2011 )
- Ricci/Forte (Candidate since 2011)
- Àlex Rigola (Candidate since 2008)
- Nuovo Teatro Sanità (Candidate since 2017)
- Scena Verticale (Candidate since 2017)
- Agrupación Señor Serrano (Candidate since 2017)
- She She Pop (Candidate since 2017)
- Karmina Šilec (Candidate since 2017)
- Savvas Stroumbos (Candidate since 2017)
- Teatr Pieśń Kozła (Candidate since 2009)
- Teatro Teatro Company (Candidate since 2017)
- James Thierrée (Candidate since 2006)
- Dries Verhoeven (Candidate since 2017)