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Black Tie
International Magazine: Alan Lebow Award |
KRAVIS CENTER
FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS
Hosts First
Annual
ALAN LEBOW AWARD
FOR EXCELLENCE
IN
SHAKESPEAREN
PERFORMANCE
Lebow Award
Winners Include
Three Students
from Palm Beach
Atlantic
University
& Four
from Alexander
W. Dreyfoos,
Jr.
School of the Arts
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Patricia Lebow, Sheriff Ric L. Bradshaw, Lebow Award
winner
Bridget Williams of PBAU
Photo by: Corby Kaye, Studio Palm Beach |
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(West Palm Beach, FL) The Raymond
F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts hosted
the first annual Alan
Lebow Award for Excellence in
Shakespearean Performance at
a special reception in the Persson
Rehearsal Hall on March 20.
Presented by Kids’ Dreams in
honor of Alan Lebow, who passed
away last year just a month before his
82nd birthday, the Award was inspired by
his lifelong love of Shakespeare and
poetry.
“This was our first year and we had 75
students who signed up for the
competition and 49 who auditioned. The
winners competed by reciting up to three
minutes of the Shakespearean selection
of their choice,” said Patricia Lebow.
“I am very proud that Kids’ Dreams will
be presenting these Awards annually at
the Kravis Center in conjunction with
their production of a Shakespearean
play.”
Three students from Palm Beach
Atlantic University and four from
the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School
of the Arts each received a check
for $500 presented by Mrs. Lebow and Palm
Beach County Sheriff Ric L. Bradshaw.
From Palm Beach Atlantic University:
+ Bridget Williams (age 20), who
lives in Lake Worth
+ Rico Reid (28), of West Palm
Beach
+ Pierre Tannous (20), of Boynton
Beach
From Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School
of the Arts:
+ Philip Labes (16), who lives in
Royal Palm Beach
+ Allison Wilson (17), of Jupiter
+ Gabriella Padgett (16), of West
Palm Beach
+ Daniela Amador (17), of Palm
Springs
In addition to the cash prize, the seven
winners also received tickets to the
Acting Company and The Guthrie Theater’s
performance of Romeo and Juliet in
the Kravis Center’s Marshall E. Rinker,
Sr. Playhouse. Free tickets to the
production were also given to 23
additional Lebow Award participants and
the five judges.
Receiving Honorable Mention at the Lebow
Awards ceremony were:
From Alexander
W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts:
Rebecca Gil (16) of Palm Beach
Gardens, Jordan Gonzalez (18) of
Jupiter, Caitlyn Johnston (14) of
Jupiter, Joshua Kumler (18) of
Jupiter, Bettina Mangiaracina(17)
of Boca Raton and Alexander
Offenkrantz (17) of Wellington.
From Florida
Atlantic University:
Stephanie Amico (20) of
Wellington and Victorine Brown (19)
of West Palm Beach.
From Palm
Beach Atlantic University:
Barbara Baker (22) of West Palm
Beach, Joy Sarcewicz (24) of West
Palm Beach and Kyle Schnack (22)
of West Palm Beach.
From Palm
Beach State College:
Donovan Mullings (20) of Boynton
Beach and David Pinson (24) of
Boca Raton.
“My husband loved poetry, art,
literature and music,” said Patricia
Lebow. “I know he is so proud of what we
are doing in his memory.”
About Kids’ Dreams:
For the past two summers, Kids’ Dreams
sent children from the Youth Empowerment
Center of the Criminal Justice
Commission of Palm Beach County to camp
at Palm Beach Zoo. In addition to animal
encounters and a visit to the South
Florida Science Museum, the campers
spent time getting to know a sheriff's
deputy. Older youth were given a
Narcotic Overdose Prevention and
Education (NOPE) Task Force
presentation. Kids’ Dreams also hosted
140 youngsters during the Max Planck
Science Tunnel exhibit at the museum and
has awarded a partial college
scholarship; plus, the charity helps
at-risk youth pay for academic
assistance.
About the Raymond F. Kravis Center for
the Performing Arts:
The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the
Performing Arts is a not-for-profit
performing arts center whose mission is
to enhance the quality of life in Palm
Beach County by presenting a diverse
schedule of national and international
artists and companies of the highest
quality; by offering comprehensive arts
education programs; by providing a Palm
Beach County home in which local and
regional arts organizations can showcase
their work; and by providing economic
catalyst and community leadership in
West Palm Beach, supporting efforts to
increase travel and tourism to Palm
Beach County.
The Kravis Center is located at 701
Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach,
FL. For more information, please call561-832-7469 or
visit www.kravis.org.
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