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Princess Grace Foundation-USA
Hosts
28th Annual PRINCESS GRACE
AWARDS GALA
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Denzel and Pauletta
Washington to be Honored With Prince Rainier III Award
Anna D. Shapiro to Receive
Princess Grace Statue Award
www.pgfusa.org
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA (PGF-USA)
is proud to announce that the 28th Annual
Princess Grace Awards Gala will be held on Wednesday,
November 10, 2010
at Cipriani 42nd
Street in New York City. The Awards ceremony will include
the presentation of 21 awards to emerging artists in
theater, dance and film as well as the Prince Rainier III
Award to be presented to Denzel and Pauletta
Washington and the Princess Grace Statue Award
to be presented to Anna D. Shapiro. The Award
recipients hail from cities and states across America and
will travel to New York City to receive their honor at the
glamorous black tie ceremony. The 28th Annual
Princess Grace Awards Gala will take place in the presence
of Her Royal Highness Caroline Princess of Hanover.
The evening will be chaired by Bonnie Pfeifer Evans.
Presenting Sponsor for the Gala is Hermès; Platinum Sponsors
are The Charles Evans Foundation and Noelle and Dick Wolf;
and Crown Sponsor is Lily Safra.
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA
is a not-for-profit, publicly-supported foundation
headquartered in New York City and founded more than 25
years ago by Prince Rainier III of Monaco in honor of his
wife, Princess Grace (Kelly). The Foundation's mission, that
mirrors Princess Grace's in Her lifetime, is to support
emerging artists in theater, dance and film through the
awarding of scholarships, apprenticeships and fellowships.
Since its inception, the Foundation has bestowed more than
650 awards totaling more than $7 million in
grants.
This year, PGF-USA will honor Denzel and Pauletta
Washington with the Prince Rainier III Award in
recognition of their outstanding careers and philanthropic
endeavors. In addition to their distinguished professional
accomplishments, Denzel and Pauletta Washington have been
devoted to numerous philanthropic causes for more than 20
years. This is the first time a couple will share the
Prince Rainier III Award honor, which was inaugurated in
2005 by the
PGF-USA Board of Trustees in recognition of the man who
helped begin the Foundation. This Award is presented to
eminent artists who have not only been highly successful in
their careers, but have made significant humanitarian
contributions to their fields. To date,
Mikhail Baryshnikov
(2005),
Twyla Tharp
(2006),
George Lucas
(2007),
Glenn Close
(2008) and
Mandy Patinkin
(2009) have received this honor, which includes a grant of
$25,000 to the philanthropic organization of their choice.
Past winners of the Awards for theater, dance
and film who distinguish themselves in their artistic
disciplines since receiving their initial Princess Grace
Awards are eligible to win the Foundation’s Princess
Grace Statue Award. This year, Tony®
Award-winning director Anna D. Shapiro will be
honored for her outstanding achievements. Ms. Shapiro
received her first Princess Grace Award in 1996 while
working with Steppenwolf Theater Company. In addition to a
$25,000 unrestricted cash gift, these Awardees are presented
with a bronze statuette of Princess Grace created by the
Dutch artist
Kees Verkade. To date, fifty-three artists have
received this award.
For the second year,
celebrated artist Alex Soldier, known for his mastery of
fine jewelry and precious miniatures, has designed an objet
d’art to symbolize the Princess Grace Awards. The Award
symbolically combines the three art forms lauded by the
Foundation: theater, dance, and film by using precious
metals and Swarovski crystal accents. The sculpture is made
for each recipient to wear as a pin, a special reminder of
their Award for the world to see. The sculpture, presented
to the Prince Rainier III Award recipient, is a larger
version of the pin and demonstrates the interconnectedness
between the art forms.
The Gala will begin with
cocktails, followed by an opening act featuring past
Princess Grace Award winners in Dance or Choreography, who
will perform a myriad of diverse dance styles, specially
created for the 2010 Gala; then a 3-course dinner catered by
Cipriani 42nd Street; remarks by HSH Princess
Caroline of Hanover; followed by the Awards presentations
and finally dancing to DJ Clockwork in the Chapel Room. At
the Gala, guests will have the opportunity to support the
Foundation by bidding on an extensive collection of unique
silent auction lots including travel packages, jewelry and
accessories. All auction proceeds will benefit Princess
Grace Awards to advance its mission of providing crucial
support to emerging artists in America.
“We are extremely pleased to
be honoring Denzel and Pauletta Washington, as well as Anna
D. Shapiro, for their incredible professional achievements
and for their dedication, inspiration and generosity to the
community,” says John F. Lehman, Chairman of the Board of
PGF-USA and Princess Grace’s cousin. “These honorees are
the true embodiment of Princess Grace’s vision of giving
back to the artistic community She loved so much. We are
humbled and moved by their achievements.”
2010 Princess Grace Awards
Winners
Each year, the Foundation
presents the Princess Grace Awards to artists
who show excellence and promise in the areas of theater,
dance, and film. Students are eligible for scholarships
while emerging artists working in companies qualify for
apprenticeships and fellowships. A playwriting fellowship
is available for individual artists, which includes a
residency at New Dramatists in New York City, and the
opportunity for representation and publication by Samuel
French, Inc. In addition to these, the Foundation also
gives honorable mention grants to applicants through
Honoraria.
The 2010 Princess Grace
Awards winners (listed below) represent 20 colleges,
universities, and not-for-profit theater and dance companies
throughout the United States. The Awards winners exemplify
both classical and experimental artistic disciplines and,
while still considered emerging talent, already show
exceptional promise in their areas of expertise. The
Foundation’s support assists their theater and dance
studies, helps pay their artistic fees at non-profit theater
and dance companies and helps support their thesis film
projects. In addition to the Awards, the Princess Grace
Foundation-USA extends general operating monies to companies
hosting an Awards winner.
The 2010 Princess Grace Awards winners are:
Theater
and Playwriting
Andrea
Assaf -
Theater Fellowship, Gant Gaither Theater Award,
Pangea World Theater
Charlotte
Brathwaite -
Theater Scholarship, George C. Wolfe Award, Yale
School of Drama
Shana
Cooper -
Theater Fellowship, Robert & Gloria
Hausman Award,
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Tom
Gleeson -
Theater Fellowship, Fabergé Theater Award,
Arden Theatre Company
Virginia
Grise -
Theater Apprenticeship, Pierre Cardin Theater Award,
Playwrights’ Arena
Adam
Pinti -
Theater Scholarship, Grace Le Vine Award,
Arizona State University
A.
Rey Pamatmat -
Playwriting Fellowship, New Dramatists Inc.
Dance
and Choreography
Kyle
Abraham -
Choreography Fellowship; Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts
School & Camp
Craig
Black -
Dance Scholarship;
The Julliard School-Dance Division
Ashley
Jackson -
Dance Fellowship, Chris Hellman Dance Award; Alonzo
King’s LINES Ballet
Rachel
M. Meyer -
Dance Fellowship;
Dominic Walsh Dance Project
Andrea
Parson -
Dance Fellowship; Northwest Dance Project
Brett
Perry -
Dance Fellowship; Trey McIntyre Project
Victor
Quijada -
Choreography Fellowship;
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Andrew
J. Wojtal -
Dance Scholarship;
California Institute of the Arts
Film
Jessica
Anne Bardsley -
Film Graduate Scholarship;
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Mike
Gibisser -
Film Graduate Scholarship;
University of Illinois, Chicago
Laura
Kraning -
Film Graduate Scholarship, John H. Johnson Film Award;
California Institute of the Arts
Sara
Newens -
Film Graduate Scholarship;
Stanford University
Willie
Williams -
Film Undergraduate Scholarship;
University of Southern California
Javi
Aitor Zubizaretta -
Film Undergraduate Scholarship, Cary Grant Film Award;
University of Notre Dame
Honoraria
Lorianne
Arden
- Film Honorarium; Vassar College
Chris
Bryant
- Film Honorarium; Champman University
Devan
McGrath
- Film Honorarium; Columbia College Chicago
2010
Special Project Awards and Works in Progress Residencies
Special
Project Awards
and Works in Progress Residencies at the
Baryshnikov Arts Center are grants available to past
Princess Grace Awards winners to show continued support.
The 2010 Special Project Awards and Works in
Progress Residencies are:
Special
Project Awards
Carlos Armesto
John Fiege
Michael John Garcés
Zach Horton
Kara Manning
Benjamin Russell
Uri Sands
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Works in Progress Residencies
Jim Findlay
Andrea Miller
Chi-wang Yang
About Prince Rainier III
Award Honorees -- Denzel & Pauletta Washington
Denzel Washington
is a two-time Academy Award-winning actor who recently made
his return to Broadway where he appeared opposite Viola
Davis in August Wilson’s “Fences,” earning him his first
Tony® Award. Denzel Washington’s accomplished artistic
career, spanning more than 30 years, has included numerous
awards for acting and directing on both stage and screen.
In 2004,
Denzel Washington was honored by the Boys &
Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) for his years of support of
the youth organization and was presented the Herbert Hoover
Humanitarian Award, the highest honor the BGCA gives to
volunteers, at the annual President's Dinner. He has been a
spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America since
1994. Mr. Washington’s wife,
Pauletta Washington is an accomplished actress and
musician whose undying passion for music started at an early
age. Her education included the Julliard School in New York
City. Beautiful as well as talented, Pauletta was the first
African American to capture first runner-up in the Miss
North Carolina Beauty Pageant. Pauletta’s generosity of
spirit has led her to support numerous charities including
The Brain Trust, Crystal Stairs and the Rape Center in Santa
Monica. Pauletta has always taken a hands-on approach to any
group she’s lent her name to, involving herself 100 percent.
As a result of Pauletta’s dedicated work on behalf of The
Brain Trust, in 2004 The Pauletta and Denzel Family Gifted
Scholars Program in Neuroscience was established at
Cedars-Sinai. As recognition of her outstanding
volunteerism, Pauletta has been honored by the Women in Film
and by the California Governor’s Conference for Women. In
May 2003, Pauletta was awarded the most prestigious “Mother
of the Year” award from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
About Princess Grace Statue
Award Winner -- Anna D. Shapiro
Anna D. Shapiro
is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and the recipient
of a 1996 Princess Grace Award. She directed Tracy Letts’
Pulitzer Prize-winning August: Osage County on
Broadway, as well as its run at London’s
National Theatre,
the U.S. Tour, and the upcoming
production at the Sydney Theatre Company. For her work on
August: Osage County, she received Chicago’s Jefferson
Award, as well as Broadway’s 2008 Tony® Award, Drama Desk
Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Direction
of a Play. She joined the faculty of Northwestern
University in 2002 and continues there as head of the
Graduate Directing Program in Theatre. She has been
affiliated with Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago since 1995,
serving as the original director of the New Plays
Initiative, later joining the artistic staff as Resident
Director, Associate Artist and, since 2005,
as an Ensemble member.
About the 2010 Princess Grace
Awards Gala
The 2010 Princess Grace Awards
Gala is being produced by Scott Mauro of
Scott Mauro Entertainment, Inc.
for the
sixth consecutive year. Tickets for the Gala
start at $1,000 for Patron tickets, $1,750 for Sponsor
tickets and $2,500
for
Benefactor tickets. Tables may be purchased for $15,000,
$25,000, $50,000 and $100,000.
Approximately 500
guests are expected to attend.
Those interested in tickets may contact
Tamara Leuchtenburg at Event Associates at 212-245-6570
or
tamaral@eventassociatesinc.com
A downloadable
invitation and response card and additional information can
be found at
www.pgfusa.org
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