SPRING 2007 progams

Edwin Booth Award Ceremony

THE EDWIN BOOTH AWARD CEREMONY

Presented by the Doctoral Theatre Students Association of CUNY

Honoring Mabou Mines with Lee Breuer and Ruth Maleczech

Mabou Mines is an avant-garde theatre company that emphasizes the creation of new work either from original texts or through the adaptation of existing (often classic) texts staged from a re-imagined point of view. Established in 1970 and based in New York City, Mabou Mines is named after a community in Nova Scotia near where the founding members of the company (JoAnne Akalaitis, Lee Breuer, Philip Glass, Ruth Maleczech, and David Warrilow [1934- 95]) created The Red Horse Animation, which was presented at the Guggenheim Museum that same year. Over the years, other company members have included: L.B. Dallas, Ellen McElduff, Greg Mehrten, William Raymond, and B. St. John Schofield, along with present company members: Julie Archer, Lee Breuer, Sharon Fogarty, Ruth Maleczech, Frederick Neumann, Terry O'Reilly, and current Artistic Associates: Clove Galilee, Karen Kandel, Honora Fergusson Neumann, and David Neumann. The company's collaborations with such composers as Philip Glass, Carter Burwell, Johnny Cunningham, Phil Cunningham, Eve Beglarian, Ushio Torikai, Liliana Felipe, Lenny Picket, Bob Telson, John Zorn, Pauline Oliveros, and David Byrne, as well as many esteemed visual artists including Jene Highstein, Keith Sonnier, Santo Loquasto, Jennifer Tipton, M.L. Geiger, Jim Clayburgh, Ree Morton, Doug Stein, Judson Wright, and Misha Films, amount to a unique history of fusion theatre in which all of the arts are given equal consideration. A deep understanding of a shared collaborative process is what defines the current six-person Artistic Directorate.

The Edwin Booth Award was established in 1983 by the Doctoral Theatre Students Association to honor a person, organization, or company in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the New York City/American Theatre and Performance Community. Only students of the program nominate candidates and elect recipients. Named after the nineteenth-century actor who was also renowned for his intellect, the award promotes integration of the professional and academic theatre communities. Past honorees include: HERE Art Center (‘06), Paula Vogel (‘05), Tony Kushner (‘02), Richard Foreman (‘97), Arthur Miller (‘92), Joseph Papp (‘89), Ellen Stewart (‘84), and The Royal Shakespeare Company (‘83).

This event is coordinated by Gad Guterman, DTSA 2nd Vice-President

6:30 p.m., Monday, May 14, 2007
Martin E. Segal Theatre. Free