Tag Archives: Carbonell Awards
Island City Stage Receive Von Mauer Carbonell Award
Island City Stage, the 15-year-old company that become a been a national leader in LGBTQ+ programming, is receiving the Carbonell’s Bill Von Maurer Award cited “for a theater company that exemplifies excellence by the totality of its programming, productions, educational outreach, developmental programs, and audiences served.”
Three Leaders of Youth Programs Receive Carbonells’ Howard Kleinberg Award
Gary Cadwallader of Palm Beach Dramaworks, Jairo Ontiveros of the Arsht Center and Lori Slade Sessions of the South Florida Cappies will receive the Carbonells’ Howard Kleinberg Award “For Outstanding Contribution to the Health and Development of the Arts in South Florida.”
Elena Maria Garcia Receives Carbonell’s Hindman Award
Elena Maria Garcia, the actress-educator-playwright-director whose unique exuberance has enhanced scores of comedies and dramas across the region, has received the Carbonell’s Bill Hindman Award recognizing “onstage career achievement by performing artists based in South Florida.”
Margaret Ledford Receives Carbonell’s Ruth Foreman Award
Margaret M. Ledford, who has directed at nearly every regional theater in South Florida and helped found several, has received the Carbonell’s Ruth Foreman Award, recognizing “outstanding contribution to development of South Florida theatre.”
Michelle Solomon Receives Charlie Cinnamon Award
Michelle F. Solomon, who has kept coverage of Miami’s art scene vibrant despite cutbacks at many venues, has been named the recipient of the Carbonell Awards’ Charlie Cinnamon Award for “outstanding support of South Florida theater and the Carbonell Awards.”
Our Fund To Receive Carbonell’s Vinnette Carroll Award
The Our Fund Foundation, an LGBTQ-based group, has been named the recipient of the Carbonell Awards’ Vinnette Carroll Award for “outstanding achievement in advancing diversity, equality and inclusion in South Florida theater.”
Brévo Theater To Receive Carbonell’s Jan McArt Award
Brévo Theatre, the black-centric company which scored a major success this season with the musical The Color Purple, has been named the second recipient of the Carbonell Awards’ Jan McArt Award honoring” Outstanding Achievement by a Small Theater.”
‘The Shark Is Broken’ Is Part Comedy, Part Musing Set During The Making Of Jaws
The title of Actors Playhouse’s The Shark Is Broken comes from a recreation of the making of Jaws in a sometimes broadly comic, sometimes dryly witty, sometimes rue-tinged exploration of fame, fathers and film seen from the three lead actors waiting for filming to continue.
Carbonell’s Zink & Erstein Scholarship Recipients Named
The recipients have been announced for the Carbonell’s Jack Zink and Hap Erstein Memorial Scholarships recognizing students’ commitment to theater or journalism. The award was created as a memorial by the families of Florida theater critics Zink of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and Erstein of The Palm Beach Post and the Palm Beach Arts Paper.
Redesigned Carbonell Awards Gala Bestows Annual Honors
Many of this year’s Carbonell Awards recipients were familiar names with acclaimed artistry, but the gala itself Monday was filled with changes and a few surprises. From a new location at Florida Atlantic University to changes in hosting duties to an 11-piece orchestra, the wryly nicknamed “theater prom” had a new look.
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