February, 2011 – Kravis Center Hosts Alan Lebow Award

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KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 

Hosts Second Annual 

ALAN LEBOW AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SHAKESPEAREN PERFORMANCE

 

Top Winners Include Sophomores at Boynton Beach and Palm Beach Lakes High Schools

 

(West Palm Beach, FL – February 2, 2011) The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts hosted the second annual Alan Lebow Award for Excellence in Shakespearean Performance, featuring selected Title One High School students, at a special reception in Persson Rehearsal Hall on January 22.
 
Presented by Kids’ Dreams, Inc. in honor of the late Alan Lebow, the Award was inspired by his “lifelong love of Shakespeare, poetry, art, literature and music,” according to his widow, attorney Patricia Lebow. “I know he would be so proud of what we are doing in his memory.”
 
The winners of the 2011 Alan Lebow Award for Excellence in Shakespearean Performance were:
 
Top Winners – $1,000 each
+  Brendan Gardner, a sophomore at Boynton Beach High School
+  Johnson Sinophat, a sophomore at Palm Beach Lakes High School
 
Honorable Mention – $500 each
+  Rood Emmanuel, a freshman at Inlet Grove High School
+  Angel Padua, a sophomore at Palm Beach Lakes High School
 
Participants – $100 each
+  Karla Armstrong, a junior at Boynton Beach High School
+  Sara Augustin, a senior at Boynton Beach High School
+  Jon Carillo, a senior at Leadership Academy West High School
+  Sasha Dominguez, a senior at Santaluces High School
+  Angelica Jaramillo, a junior at Leadership Academy West High School
+  Darrian Rice, a junior at Santaluces High School
 

Kravis Center Lebow Awards
Kravis Center Lebow Awards

In addition to the cash prizes, the 10 winners also received tickets to the Aquila Theatre Company’s performance of

in the Kravis Center’s Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse. In addition, top winners Brendan Gardner and Johnson Sinophat were both invited to perform their Shakespearean selections at the reception.A Midsummer Night’s Dream

 

The judges for the second annual Alan Lebow Award for Excellence in Shakespearean Performance were spoken word poet, percussionist and artist Jashua Sa-ra; Louis Tyrell, Producing Director of Florida Stage; and FAU Assistant Professor of Theatre Laura Wayth.

 

Presenters at the awards ceremony included Judith A. Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer of the Kravis Center; Patricia Lebow, Co-Founder, President and Director of Kids’ Dreams, Inc.; and Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw.

 
About Kids’ Dreams:
For the past three summers, Kids’ Dreams sent children from the Youth Empowerment Center of the Criminal Justice Commission of Palm Beach County to camp at Palm Beach Zoo. In addition to animal encounters and a visit to the South Florida Science Museum, the campers spent time getting to know a sheriff’s deputy. Older youth were given a Narcotic Overdose Prevention and Education (NOPE) Task Force presentation. Kids’ Dreams also hosted 140 youngsters during the Max Planck Science Tunnel exhibit at the museum and has awarded a partial college scholarship; plus, the charity helps at-risk youth pay for academic assistance.
 
About the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts:

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is a not-for-profit performing arts center whose mission is to enhance the quality of life in Palm Beach County by presenting a diverse schedule of national and international artists and companies of the highest quality; by offering comprehensive arts education programs; by providing a Palm Beach County home in which local and regional arts organizations can showcase their work; and by providing economic catalyst and community leadership in West Palm Beach, supporting efforts to increase travel and tourism to Palm Beach County. 

 

The Kravis Center is located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach, FL.  For more information, please call 561-832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.

 

Attached Jpegs:

(All IDs are L-R; Photos by Ian Ibbetson)

 

+ Brendan Gardner, Patricia Lebow, Johnson Sinophat

 

+ Lebow Awards Group Shot

TOP ROW:  *Patrick DiSalvo, Angel Padua, Johnson Sinophat, *John Levey, Jon Carillo, *Jeffrey Lindskoog, Rood Emmanuel, Brendan Gardner, Ric Bradshaw

BOTTOM ROW: Barbara Stewart, *Patricia Lebow, Darrian Rice, Sasha Dominguez, Angelica Jaramillo, Sara Augustin, Judith A. Mitchell   (*Kids Dream Board Member)

 

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