2009 NBTF Honorees Are Announced!
2009 NBTF Honorees Are Announced
The 2009 NBTF Honorees will be presented at the Opening night Gala and Awards Banquet on August 3, 2009. The honorees are:
SIDNEY POITIER LIFELONG ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Woodie King, Jr.
LARRY LEON HAMLIN PRODUCER AWARD
Vy Higginsen
AUGUST WILSON’S PLAYWRIGHT AWARD
Celeste Bedford Walker
LLOYD RICHARD’S DIRECTOR AWARD
Ed Smith
LIVING LEGENDS AWARD
Andre De Shields
Fatima Dike
Paul Carter Harrison
Joan Lewis
Robert Macbeth
Barbara Montgomery
Juanita Moore
Melba Moore
Clarance (C.T.) Turner
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM
Julie Dash
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Reggie Ray
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DESIGN
Shirley Prendergast
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SCENIC DESIGN
Felix Cochren
THEATRE LONGEVITY AWARD
Berkeley Black Repertory Group
Berkeley, CA
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
LaChanze, Tony Award winner for her role as “Celie”
in the Broadway production of The Color Purple
MARVTASTIC PHILANTHROPY AWARD
Hanesbrands,Inc.
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Congratulations to all winners!
Thank you!
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Congratulations to all winners. Special congratulations to Woodie King. Woodie did a special presentation in March 2009 at the National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts Conference in Dallas, TX that was just awesome. His knowledge of theater is quite extensive and he does not mind sharing it. I hope to see Woodie in August. I have a book that I want him to sign. (smile)
Woodie will be happy to sign,I sure. Will see you in August.
Congrats Celeste. Your incredible works deserve honor.
You give voice to Black Theatre that speaks to the masses and heralds the cause of human dignity. You Go Girl!!!
Thank you.
I am honored and proud of Fatima Dike…I met Fatima this February on my sojourn to South Africa/CapeTown to teach theater at the BrownPaper studio. Ingrid Askew was our chief navigator for this artist exchange and through Fatima’s relationship with ArtsCape everything came into being for our life altering stay in the Motherland.
I have to say it is an honor to breathe the same air as Fatima for she is the wind beneath my wings.
Congratulations on her life time achievement award she deserves this and so much more.
All the Best Fatima,
Love,
Margaux
I am also very proud and fortunate to be working with Fatima. She is a daily inspiration to me and her vast knowledge of the human spirit is only to be admired and cherished. Well done Fatima
Thank you for your comments. We also agree that Ms. Dike is an outstanding individual.
Yes it is. Hope to see you in August. Tell all of your friends!