Actors’ Equity Association Now Accepting Nominations For 2010 Rosetta LeNoire Award

Actors' Equity Association's National Equal Employment Opportunity Committee is now accepting nominations through Friday, February 12th for the 2010 Rosetta LeNoire Award. Created in 1988 and named in honor of the actress Rosetta LeNoire, the award will be presented at the Annual Actors' Equity Association April Membership Meeting.

The award recognizes outstanding "artistic contributions to the universality of the human experience in American theatre" by either an individual, theatre or producing organization. Inherent in the award is acknowledgement that the recipient has an exemplary record in the hiring or promotion of ethnic minorities, female actors and actors with disabilities through multi-racial and/or non-traditional casting.

The deadline for receipt of all nomination materials is Friday, February 12, 2010.

For a Nomination Submission Form, go to www.actorsequity.org . For more information about the Award, or to obtain a hard copy of the Nomination Submission Form, contact Luther Goins, National EEO Coordinator, 312.641.0393 x237 or by e-mail at lgoins@actorsequity.org