Women In Theatre Walk the
Red Carpet
The 2005 Red Carpet
Awards
Contributed by Nora Feldman, Community
Editor
On Saturday, October 15th,
Women in Theatre (WIT) will hold its
second annual Red Carpet Awards at the
Beverly Garland Hotel in North
Hollywood.
WIT was established in 1958 as a
networking organization for women in
theatre and currently has over 100
members. Activities include monthly
luncheons with guest speakers, a
play-reading series, a writers program,
cold reading classes, socials and
community outreach programs.
The Red Carpet Awards were held for the
very first time in 2004, with the hope
of establishing a tradition to honor
individuals and groups for their support
and involvement in the theatrical and
performing arts in the greater Los
Angeles community.
This year’s honorees include: actress
Joan Van Ark who has been a
supportive advisor for Women in Theatre
for a number of years; actress,
director, mask-maker Wendy Gough;
playwright, teacher and political
activist Glenn Hopkins; actress,
comedienne and host of comedy benefits
for numerous charity causes, Heidi
Joyce; actress Christina Kokubo,
founder and producing director of
Changing Perceptions Theatre Company
which transforms and empowers people
with disabilities through its dramatic
arts program; actress, director,
producer Audrey Marlyn Singer who
is the founder of 30 year-old Actors’
Forum Theatre, one of the oldest
membership and producing theatre
companies in Los Angeles; Debbie
Wastling, founder of Kings and
Clowns, a non-profit educational
classical theatre training company
located in the South Bay of Los Angeles;
Emmanuel Lutheran Actors Theatre
Ensemble (ELATE), a twenty year-old
organization dedicated to bringing
affordable theatre to the community that
the whole family can enjoy; the 75
member strong award-winning San
Fernando Valley Valleyaires, a
dedicated barbershop quartet group
established in 1959 which offers an
extensive community outreach program;
artistic directors Chris DeCarlo and
Evelyn Rudie of the Santa Monica
Group Theatre/Santa Monica Playhouse,
the only intimate theatre of its kind to
have produced continuously for almost
half a century; Beverly Mickins,
founder of Story Salon, Southern
California’s longest-running,
continuously performing group dedicated
to the art and craft of story telling;
and Arthur B. Rubinstein, maestro
of Symphony In the Glen since 1993,
whose some 50 free outdoor concerts have
cultivated a new generation of classical
music lovers.
Come support the theatrical and
performing arts; and see the disserving
honorees walk the red carpet.
What: Women In Theatre Red Carpet
Awards
Date: October 15, 2005
Time: 11:15 am – 2:30 pm
Location: Beverly Garland Holiday Inn
Hotel
Grand Ballroom
4222 Vineland Avenue
North Hollywood, CA
91602
Tickets for the event are $55.
For reservations or information please
call (818) 762-7608.
