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Follow on Google News | Barefoot Theatre Company honors artistic achievement and outreach at 2nd Annual Vassallo Awards GalaHosted by VH1’s Ellie Lee, honorees include Anna Chlumsky and Pulitzer Prize Winner Stephen Adly Guirgis for Outstanding Achievements in the Arts.
By: Barefoot Theatre Company Chlumsky, who will accept the Vassallo Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, said of all the theatre companies she’s been linked to, “Barefoot is the one I most respect, that I most enjoy working with.” Guirgis is honored with the Vassallo Award for Outstanding Achievement in Playwriting. Barefoot also salutes Kamilah Forbes of Hi-Arts with the Educational Outreach Program Award, and Daniel Talbott of Rattlestick Playwrights Theater with the Mentorship Award. In addition to the awards presentation, the Gala includes live music, dancing and a performance of Waiting for Waiting For Godot by Mike Reiss, Emmy and Peabody award-winning writer for The Simpsons. Directed by Barefoot Theatre Company founder and Artistic Director Francisco Solorzano, the short play stars Jerry Adler (Larry David’s Fish in the Dark). “I’ve had the good fortune of working several times with Frank and Barefoot,” Reiss said. “They are consummate professionals and wonderful people.” Barefoot founded the awards after Vassallo lost a two-year battle with cancer in 2014. The company was inspired to recognize Vassallo’s dedication to the arts, which included work producing the TENN99 and NYNY festivals for the LAByrinth Theatre Company as well as feature films which saw release at the Tribeca Film Festival and IFC/Sundance Selects. Vassallo’s passion extended to work as a mentor with the 52nd Street Project, which pairs New York City children and teens from with professional theatre artists. For this reason, the awards acknowledge not only artistic achievements but also educational outreach and mentorship that engages the next generation of artists. “Waiting For Waiting For Godot” features: Jerry Adler, Allison Anderegg, Jeremy Brena, Charles Everett, Daniel K. Isaac, Kenneth King, Margaret Ladd, Michael Pantozzi, and Christa Wroblewski. The Vassallo Awards are sponsored by Sixpoint Brewery, American Ballroom Theater & Barefoot Studio Pictures. Barefoot Theatre Company was founded in 1999 by a multicultural group of artists determined to produce vital, thought-provoking works, both new and existing. Now based out of both New York City and Los Angeles, hey have developed, workshopped and produced over 150 new plays staged at INTAR; RATTLESTICK; End
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