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The League of Professional Theatre Women held its second annual Awards Celebration & Big Mingle on Monday evening at the Pershing Square Signature Center on 42nd St. in Manhattan. Actress Kathleen Chalfant received the Lifetime Achievement Award, one of five honors presented in a ceremony hosted by Kristine Nielsen. The League of Professional Theatre Women, a nonprofit organization, advocates for greater visibility and opportunities for female theater artists.
The other 2015 award recipients were scenic designer Donyale Werle, music director Mary-Mitchell Campbell, director Rachel Dickstein and actress/playwright/producer Sandra A. Daley-Sharif. Monday's event took place at the home of off-Broadway's Signature Theatre, whose executive director, Erika Mallin, is an LPTW member. The Big Mingle, the cocktail party that followed the awards presentation, was held in Signature's Frank Gehry-designed lobby cafe. LPTW's next event is a roundtable discussion on "Writing Plays By, For, or About Women," with playwrights inlcuding Kara Lee Corthron and Jenny Lyn Bader, next Monday, March 23, at TheaterLab in midtown. Click here for more information.
All photos by Adrienne Onofri
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