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LOS
ANGELES WOMEN'S THEATRE FESTIVAL KICKS
OFF 15TH ANNIVERSARY MARCH 27TH
The Los Angeles Women's Theatre
Festival (LAWTF) kicks off its 15th
Anniversary, ONWARD AND UPWARD! on
Thursday, March 27th with its Annual
Champagne GALA and Awards Ceremony at
the historic El Portal Theatre located
at 5269 Lankershim Boulevard, North
Hollywood, CA 91601. This year's
exciting Awards Ceremony is hosted by
LAWTF Co-Chairperson Hattie Winston
(Becker) and Ted Lange (The Love Boat)
and directed and written by Fay
Hauser-Price (Story of a People.)
This
year's five deserving awardees are
Dawnn Lewis for the "Integrity
Award" (Dreamgirls/A Different
World), Ivy Bethune for the
"Eternity Award" (Father
Murphy/civil rights activist), Evelina
Fernandez for the "Rainbow
Award" (La Virgen de Guadalupe
and Latino Theater Company), Julia Cho
for the "Maverick Award"
(The Piano Teacher/Durango) and
posthumously to Yolanda King
(Odessa/civil rights activist.)
Performing
at the Awards Ceremony with be the
internationally-acclaimed Lula
Washington Dance Theatre, and 2008
performers giving a taste of their
performances later over the week-end
Kim Wayans (A Handsome Woman
Retreats), The Lindz (WASP), Laxmi
Chandrashekar (Singarevva and the
Palace), Ruth Otero (Dancing with My
Demons) and Ellen Hagan (America What?
I Dream an America.)
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CELEBRITY
HOSTS JOIN LAWTF'S 2008 POWERFUL
LINE-UP
LAWTF
is honored to have aboard this year
celebrity, theatre and industry
supporters. In addition to previously
mentioned Hattie Winston and Ted
Lange, the impressive line-up includes
Jacquie Stephens, Public Affairs
Director of KJLH and Lissa Reynolds,
Fremont Centre Theatre (Friday, March
28th, 8pm) Loretta Devine of Eli Stone
and Kiki Melendez of Hot Tamales Live!
(March 29th, 2pm), James Pickens, Jr.
of Grey's Anatomy and Kym Whitley of
College Road Tour (Saturday, March
29th, 8pm), Lee Meriwether of All My
Children and Malathi Iyengar of
Rangoli Dance Theatre (Sunday, March
30th, 2pm) and Starletta DuPois of
First Sunday and Dawn Didawick of Erin
Brockovich (Sunday, March 30th, 7pm.)
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E-Newsletter Editor: Adilah Barnes
Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival Board of
Directors
Adilah Barnes
Co-Founder/ Executive Producer/President
Donesther Dane
Finance/Fundraising Committee
Barbara Roberts
Festival and Finance/Fundraising Committees
Actor's Equity Association
Jeanette Vines
Secretary/Administration/Festival/Finance and
Fundraising Committees
National Coalition of 100 Black Women-LA
Gayle Watts
Treasurer/Festival and Finance/Fundraising
Committees
Kayretha Hale Willis
Finance/Fundraising Committee
Attorney at Law
Founded
in 1993, the LAWTF is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
organization.
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LAWTF
is proud to present 23 multicultural
and multi-disciplined performers from
around the globe including Laxmi
Chandrashekar of India (Singarevva and
the Palace) and choreographer Karolina
Spaic and dancer Tamara Roso of The
Netherlands (Milkwhite: The Ritual of
Disguise.) This year's performers from
around the United States include Ellen
Hagan of New York (America What? I
Dream an America), Atalee Judy of
Chicago, (Logotype 03), mZuri of
Florida (The Fannie Lou Hamer Story
and another evening where mZuri will
perform as a vocalist), Vanessa
Harris-Adams of Oklahoma (Who Will
Sing for Lena?) and Erica Lann-Clark
of Northern California (Shopping for
God.)
The
Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival
is a volunteer-driven non-profit
organization. It always welcomes
volunteers at all levels. LAWTF
currently has limited slots still
available for this year's 15th
Anniversary. It also welcomes long
term volunteers who are interested in
serving year round.