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League Awards Program Spotlights Excellence
On Tuesday, July 18, the League of Historic economies. We envision these unique showcases
American Theatres presents its 2017 Awards for for human creativity, arts and culture as vital assets
Excellence. During the ceremony the League in livable communities throughout North America
will honor the recipients of the 2017 Outstanding
Historic Theatre Award and 2017 Outstanding The League’s Awards Program inspires excellence
Individual Contribution Award, whose distinguished by recognizing theatres and individuals for their
achievements inspire excellence in our field. significant accomplishments or distinguished
service to our field.
The League believes that historic theatres are
irreplaceable social, economic, historic and The jury reviewing nominations for this year’s theatre
cultural resources for their communities. As iconic, and individual awards included past winners and
creative places of public assembly, they build LHAT Past Board Presidents.
community loyalty, reinforce community identity
and heritage, stimulate downtown revitalization,
promote pride of place and anchor creative
The 2017 Outstanding Historic Theatre Award The 2017 Outstanding Individual Contribution Award
recognizes an exemplary theatre, demonstrating recognizes an individual who demonstrates vision,
excellence in its community impact, quality of dedication, selflessness and excellence through
programs and services, and quality of physical his or her contribution to historic theatres and
restoration or rehabilitation. An award-winning their communities. The recipient of this award will
theatre will have demonstrated excellence through have demonstrated excellence through his or her
significant achievement, the impact of its services significant contributions, the impact of his or her
and breadth of populations served, and the length services and breadth of populations served, and
of time and/or intensity of its activities. the length of time and/or intensity of contributions
that benefit the field of historic theatres.
Previous recipients of the Outstanding Historic
Theatre Award are: Previous recipients of the Outstanding Individual
Contribution Award are:
Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, NJ
Don Telford, Retired CEO
Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, IN San Diego Theatres, San Diego, CA
York Theatre, Elmhurst, IL
James Boese
New York City Center, New York, NY Theater Doctors, Inc.
Palace Theatre Trust, Manchester NH
Michael Price, Retired Executive Director
The Fabulous Fox, Atlanta, GA Goodspeed Opera House
PlayhouseSquare, Cleveland, OH Ted King
Proctors, Schenectady, NY Calhoun’s GEM Theatre
Newberry Opera House, Newberry, SC Dulcie Gilmore, Retired Director, Arie Crown Theater
at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, VT
Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI Jeff Greene, President, EverGreene Architectural
Arts, New York, NY
Hawaii Theatre Center, Honolulu, HI Andrea Rogers, Retired Executive Director, Flynn
Cutler Majestic Theatre , Emerson College, Boston, MA Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, VT
Fulton Opera House, Lancaster, PA Killis Almond, FAIA, Killis Almond Architects, PC, San
Antonio, TX
Janis A. Barlow, Principal, Janis A. Barlow &
Associates, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Craig Morrison, Architect
Joseph Rosenberg Ph.D., President, V.I.P. Tours of
New York, NY
Award statues designed and provided by EverGreene Architectural Arts, Inc.
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