| SDCF David Hyde Pierce to Host "Mr. Abbott" Award Gala; James Lapine to Present | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 06:43 pm EST 02/20/19 | |
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| DAVID HYDE PIERCE TO HOST STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS FOUNDATION 2019 “MR. ABBOTT” AWARD GALA JAMES LAPINE TO PRESENT SPECIAL “MR. ABBOTT” AWARD TO VICTORIA TRAUBE LEAD SPONSORS INCLUDE CONCORD THEATRICALS AND THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION, INC. Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), today announced SDC Member, and Tony Award winner David Hyde Pierce will host the 2019 “Mr. Abbott” Award Gala on March 25 at the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF). In honor of this special evening Concord Theatricals and The Shubert Organization, Inc. will serve as lead sponsors. “I am honored to host the “Mr. Abbott” Award, to pay homage to Victoria Traube and the great work she continues to champion, to pay tribute to the legendary Agnes de Mille, one of SDC’s pioneering founders, and to help kick off SDC’s 60th Anniversary celebration,” states Pierce. In addition, SDC Member, 2015 “Mr. Abbott” Award recipient, and Tony Award winner James Lapine will present a special “Mr. Abbott” Award to Victoria Traube. “When I was asked to present my friend Vicky with this year’s Special ‘Mr. Abbott’ Award, of course I said, Yes!,” states Lapine. “It’s only fitting, as we have known each other for decades, and I can’t imagine anyone more worthy of this inaugural Special award. In fact, Vicky literally has SDC in her blood. Like her father, she has been a champion of the work of directors and choreographers for as long as I have known her, and I am delighted to help honor her at this event.” SDC Foundation Board President Sheldon Epps states, “We are grateful to Concord Theatricals and The Shubert Organization, Inc., for their leadership support which makes possible the outstanding programs offered by the SDC Foundation. We are also delighted that David Hyde Pierce, James Lapine and Jerry Mitchell will be a part of this important and historic evening. They are all esteemed colleagues and SDC Members, dedicated to the important work that we do.” As previously announced, Jerry Mitchell will direct the evening featuring premiere choreography works of SDC Members Al Blackstone, Raja Feather Kelly, Kitty McNamee, Jenn Rose, and Katie Spelman. Proceeds from the gala will benefit Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, whose mentorship programs, community forums, and public events develop and promote the creativity and craft of directors and choreographers and foster a cross-generational, national theatre community. Founded in 1965, Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) exists to foster, promote and develop the craft and creativity of stage directors and choreographers. SDCF’s goals are to provide opportunities to practice the crafts of directing and choreography; to gather and disseminate craft and career information; to promote the profession to emerging talent; to provide opportunities for exchange of knowledge among directors and choreographers; and to increase the awareness of the value of directors’ and choreographers’ work, and to convene around issues affecting theatre artists. www.sdcfoundation.org. Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) is the theatrical union that unites, empowers, and protects professional stage directors and choreographers throughout the United States. Its mission is to foster a national community of professional stage directors and choreographers by protecting the rights, health, and livelihoods of all of its Members; facilitating the exchange of ideas, information, and opportunities, while educating the current and future generations about the role of directors and choreographers; and providing effective administrative, negotiating, and contractual support. 2019 marks the Union’s 60th Anniversary. sdcweb.org To support and attend: For information on sponsorship and table purchases, please write SDCF at MrAbbott@SDCFoundation.org Victoria Traube is Senior Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel of Concord Music. She is responsible for the business and legal affairs of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, Concord’s theater, motion picture and television projects, Boosey & Hawkes and the former Imagem pop catalogue. She started work at The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization in 1995 when it was still owned by the Rodgers & Hammerstein families. From 1987 through mid-1995, she was Vice President and Head of New York Motion Picture and Theatre Business Affairs for International Creative Management, Inc., where she worked with Sam Cohn, whose clients included Mike Nichols, James Lapine, Nora Ephron, Peter Hall, Tommy Tune, Arthur Penn, Arthur Miller, Peter Stone, Herb Gardner, Bill Irwin, Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Mandy Patinkin, Patrick Stewart, Lily Tomlin, Penn and Teller, and many others. Before that she was Senior Counsel and Director of Business Affairs for Home Box Office, Inc. and an associate at the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. She is a Trustee of The God Bless America Fund and a board member of Dramatists Guild Copyright Management, Inc. She served as Theatre Chair of the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Sports and Entertainment Industries, Chair of the Entertainment Law Committee of the Association of The Bar of The City of New York, and a board member of the SDC Foundation. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was a member of The Law Review, and Radcliffe College. She has taught seminars and panels on theater and motion picture law and business affairs at Columbia Law School, Wesleyan University, New York University, SDC Foundation, and the ABA Forum on the Sports and Entertainment Industries, among others. Her father was Shepard Traube, director and producer, who was the first President of SDC and one of its founders with Agnes de Mille, Hanya Holm, and Ezra Stone. Her mother was Mildred Traube, the Executive Secretary of SDC from 1968-1984. The rights of directors and choreographers were the subject of discussion at the Traube family dinner table beginning in her early childhood. |
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