BRONWYN
REED
RECEIVES FIRST WIT SCHOLARSHIP
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WIT
President Talmadge Ragan is pleased to
announce the presentation Monday, June 16th of our
first Women
in
Theatre Scholarship which was awarded at the Los Angeles
High School of the Performing Arts to a graduating female
senior at the school--BRONWYN REED who plans to continue
her education in the performing arts at Stanford University.
Among her impressive credentials--First place in the
2008 English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition
held on April 28th, 2008 in the Vivian Beaumont Theater,
Lincoln Center, New York City. She competed with people
from all over the country for this honor.
Outreach Chair Trish Ostroski and Ragan presented the $500 award
at
the
graduation ceremony. Criteria for the selection included a review of a completed
application
including describing a role played and how the role promoted the role of women
in theatre, community involvement, a consideration of grades, resume, and a recommendation
from a school advisor. It was noted in the presentation that the Red Carpet Award
had begun to generate funds and donations in celebration of National Arts and
Humanities Month in October and that WIT hoped this would be the start of a great
relationship.
"We're very excited to inaugurate this recognition for a deserving student
and hope this stipend will grow as years and WIT participation increases," said
Ragan. The WIT Outreach Committee includes Ragan,
Mary Burkin, Jennifer Ritchkoff and
Sarah Simmons. WIT members who are interested in getting involved with community
outreach, please contact Trish Ostroski at 818-762-7608.
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WRITERS
READING SERIES
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Writers Reading Series: Sunday,
June 29 @ 2:00PM. An original play with 8 female
characters titled: "I Do Wander Everywhere" is
written by R. Harrington. This play is set in England
and India Circa 1912-1990. A matriarch of an Anglo-American
family. who suffers from Alzheimer's, retraces her
life in glimpses. The plot explores racism, suffrage
and the devastating effects of drug addiction and
religious fanaticism. The reading will take place
at the No. Hollywood library located at the corner
of Tujunga and Magnolia, 2:00PM. If you are interested
in reading, please call Sarah Simmons @ 818 720-4318
or email Justine Visone at Visone9@aol.com. We look
forward to having you there!
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RED
CARPET NEWS |
The Red Carpet 2008 nomination period
and judging process is now complete. Soon we will
announce this year's recipients. Big thanks to team
members who worked to make this all possible. This
includes Angela McEwan, Talmadge Ragan, Mary Burkin,
Christy Holy, Paige Gold, Gaile Patterson, April
Montgomery, Carmen Scott, Jon Lewis and Trish Ostroski.
Red
Carpet Nominations Team Hard at Work
Gaile
Patterson, Angela McEwan, April Montgomery, Carmen
Scott, and Jonny Lewis have been hard at work
sending out news releases, distributing emails and
making phone calls in stretching a wide net to inspire
nominations for deserving organizations and individuals
for WIT's 5th
annual Red Carpet Awards.
According to Red Carpet producer, Trish Ostroski,
there are more than 10,000 registered arts organization
in LA county alone.
"Some of those organizations are not involved
with the live theatrical arts, but you can add churches,
schools and many informal organizations that would not even be considered
in that number to begin with and organizations whose
mission is not arts related, but who assist in the
arts by developing scholarships for the arts and/or
community programming which provides a number of
arts opportunities. In greater Los Angeles there
are truly a number of people and groups doing a wide
range of amazing things. We encourage everybody
to nominate some organization or person with an extensive
track record of involvement and support."
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