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| SDC Foundation Selects Lee Sunday Evans for 2017 Breakout Award | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 10:57 am EDT 10/25/17 | |
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| STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS FOUNDATION SELECTS LEE SUNDAY EVANS FOR 2017 BREAKOUT AWARD Co-hosts, presenters and performances for SDC Foundation Awards evening, October 30, announced. Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, announces that Lee Sunday Evans is the recipient of the 2017 Breakout Award. Now in its second year, The Breakout Award is given by the SDCF Executive Board to an SDC Member for a production or selection of work that signals a shift in a career and the beginning of critical recognition – a “rising star” moment in the Off-Broadway arena. Some of Evans’ notable works to date include D DEB DEBBIE DEBORAH by Jerry Lieblich, produced by Clubbed Thumb (2015); CAUGHT by Christopher Chen, produced by The Play Company (2016); and BULL IN A CHINA SHOP by Bryna Turner, produced by LCT3 (2017). The Breakout Award will be presented at SDC Foundation’s first annual SDC Foundation Awards on October 30 along with the previously announced Zelda Fichandler Award, to be presented to Vivienne Benesch, and the Joe A. Callaway Awards, to be awarded to David Cromer for excellence in directing for The Band’s Visit (Atlantic Theatre Company) and Rachel Rockwell for excellence in choreography for Ride The Cyclone (MCC Theater). The co-hosts for the evening will be Susan Stroman (five-time Tony Award winner, SDCF's 1991 Callaway Award & 2001 “Mr. Abbott” Award) and Ed Sylvanus Iskander (Drama Desk Award winner & SDCF's 2016 Breakout Award). The event will also include special appearances by Pamela Berlin, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Sheldon Epps, Michael Halberstam, Richard Hamburger, Davis McCallum, Laura Penn, and Warner Shook. The festivities will include performances from David Yazbek, award-winning composer-lyricist of The Band’s Visit, and Emily Walton from the cast of Ride the Cyclone. SDCF Committee Chair Sheldon Epps says of the awards, “This celebratory evening aims to highlight the important work of the Foundation, which is to serve directors and choreographers at every stage of career while celebrating the craft, artistry, and dedication of these outstanding winners and finalists.’ Founded in 1965, Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation exists to foster, promote, and develop the creativity and craft of stage directors and choreographers. SDC Foundation’s mission is to create access to the field, to connect artists, and to honor the theatrical legacy of these artists. The centrality of the director’s/choreographer's role in theatre and the impact that they have on other artists' careers—from playwrights to designers to actors—makes SDC Foundation’s services essential to the theatre industry's health and continued vitality. www.sdcfoundation.org |
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