Photo Coverage: Kate Mulgrew and Anne-Cecilie Engell Speyer Host Vineyard Theatre's Annual Emerging Artists Luncheon
By: Walter McBride Oct. 01, 2015
Kate Mulgrew and Anne-Cecilie Engell Speyer hosted Vineyard Theatre's Annual Emerging Artists Luncheon on Wednesday, September 30 from 12-2 p.m. at the National Arts Club in Manhattan. The event feautured the presentation of the 2014 and 2015 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, respectively, to Clare Barron (YOU GOT OLDER) and Boo Killebrew (MILLER, MISSISSIPPI). Paula Vogel, whose play INDECENT premieres October 2 at Yale Rep before its debut in New York at the Vineyard Theatre in the spring, also attended.
Attending artists included Mike Bencivenga, Matthew roi Berger, Colman Domingo, Tim Drucker, Anne Kauffman, Peter Lerman, Amy Rutberg, Jenny Schwartz, Erika Sheffer, Nicky Silver, Ryan Spahn, Paula Vogel, and Sharon Washington.
Ms. Barron and Ms. Killebrew are the seventh and eighth recipients of the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, named in honor of playwright and teacher Paula Vogel, whose plays HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE (Pulitzer Prize for Drama) and THE LONG CHRISTMAS RIDE HOME premiered at The Vineyard. The residency-based award comes with a cash prize and artistic development support.
Vineyard Theatre has been one of the nation's leading non-profit theatre companies for over 30 years. Dedicated to the creation and production of daring new plays and musicals, The Vineyard has consistently premiered provocative, groundbreaking works, including Nicky Silver's THE LYONS; Marx, Lopez and Whitty's Tony Award-winning musical AVENUE Q; Kander and Ebb's THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS; Bell and Bowen's [title of show]; Paula Vogel's HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE (1998 Pulitzer Prize), Edward Albee's THREE TALL WOMEN (1994 Pulitzer Prize); Tarell Alvin McCraney's WIG OUT!; Will Eno's MIDDLETOWN; and many more. The Vineyard's productions have been honored with two Pulitzer Prizes, three Tony Awards, and numerous Drama Desk, OBIES, Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards.Photo Credit: Walter McBride
The Vineyard Theatre Emerging Artists Luncheon at the National Arts Club on September 30, 2015 in New York City.
The Vineyard Theatre Emerging Artists Luncheon at the National Arts Club on September 30, 2015 in New York City.
Playwright Clare Barron
Playwright Clare Barron
Playwright Clare Barron
Playwright Boo Killebrew
Playwright Boo Killebrew
Playwright Boo Killebrew
Anne-Cecilie Engell Speyer
Composer Peter Lerman
Playwright Nicky Silver
Playwright Paula Vogel
Playwright Paula Vogel
Playwright Mike Bencivenga
Playwright Nicky Silver
Anne-Cecilie Engell Speyer
Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell
Playwright Paula Vogel
Playwright Paula Vogel
Playwright Paula Vogel
Artistic Director Douglas Aibel, Playwright Paula Vogel and Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell
Playwright Nicky Silver
Playwright Paula Vogel
Artistic Director Douglas Aibel and Playwright Paula Vogel
Artistic Director Douglas Aibel
Artistic Director Douglas Aibel
Playwright Paula Vogel and Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell
Playwright Boo Killebrew
Playwright Boo Killebrew and Sarah Stern
Playwright Boo Killebrew
Playwright Boo Killebrew
Playwright Boo Killebrew
Playwright Boo Killebrew, playwright Paula Vogel and Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell
Playwright Boo Killebrew and playwright Paula Vogel
Playwright Boo Killebrew and playwright Paula Vogel
Playwright Boo Killebrew
Playwright Clare Barron and Sarah Stern
Playwright Clare Barron
Playwright Clare Barron
Playwright Clare Barron
Anne-Cecilie Engell Speyer
Anne-Cecilie Engell Speyer
Anne-Cecilie Engell Speyer
Playwright Clare Barron and playwright Boo Killebrew
Playwright Clare Barron and playwright Boo Killebrew
Playwright Clare Barron
Playwright Clare Barron
Playwright Clare Barron
Playwright Clare Barron and playwright Boo Killebrew
Playwright Boo Killebrew
Playwright Clare Barron and playwright Boo Killebrew
Playwright Boo Killebrew and playwright Jordan Seavey
Playwright Nicky Silver and playwright Anne Kaufman
Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell, Paula Marie Black and Sarah Stern
Forrest McClendon and Sharon Washington
Forrest McClendon, Sharon Washington and Colman Domingo
Anne-Cecile Engell Speyer, Sarah Stern and Paula Marie Black
Composer Peter Lerman and playwright Nicky Silver
Eric Pargac (Vineyard's Marketing Director) and playwright Mike Bencivenga
Playwright Paula Vogel and Kate Mulgrew
Boo Killebrew, Clare Barron, Paula Vogel and Kate Mulgrew
Boo Killebrew, Clare Barron, Paula Vogel, Kate Mulgrew and Sarah Stern
Sarah Stern, Playwrights Boo Killebrew, Clare Barron, Paula Vogel and Douglas Aibel
Boo Killebrew, Clare Barron, Paula Vogel, Kate Mulgrew, Anne-Cecile Engell Speyer and Sarah Stern
Playwrights Boo Killebrew, Clare Barron and Paula Vogel
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