(West
Palm
Beach,
FL –
February
2, 2011)
The
Raymond
F.
Kravis
Center
for the
Performing
Arts
hosted
the
second
annual
Alan
Lebow
Award
for
Excellence
in
Shakespearean
Performance,
featuring
selected
Title
One High
School
students,
at a
special
reception
in
Persson
Rehearsal
Hall on
January
22.
Presented
by
Kids’
Dreams,
Inc.
in honor
of the
late
Alan
Lebow,
the
Award
was
inspired
by his
“lifelong
love of
Shakespeare,
poetry,
art,
literature
and
music,”
according
to his
widow,
attorney
Patricia
Lebow.
“I know
he would
be so
proud of
what we
are
doing in
his
memory.”
The
winners
of the
2011
Alan
Lebow
Award
for
Excellence
in
Shakespearean
Performance
were:
Top
Winners
- $1,000
each
+
Brendan
Gardner,
a
sophomore
at
Boynton
Beach
High
School
+
Johnson
Sinophat,
a
sophomore
at Palm
Beach
Lakes
High
School
Honorable
Mention
- $500
each
+ Rood
Emmanuel,
a
freshman
at Inlet
Grove
High
School
+ Angel
Padua,
a
sophomore
at Palm
Beach
Lakes
High
School
Participants
- $100
each
+ Karla
Armstrong,
a junior
at
Boynton
Beach
High
School
+ Sara
Augustin,
a senior
at
Boynton
Beach
High
School
+ Jon
Carillo,
a senior
at
Leadership
Academy
West
High
School
+ Sasha
Dominguez,
a senior
at
Santaluces
High
School
+
Angelica
Jaramillo,
a junior
at
Leadership
Academy
West
High
School
+
Darrian
Rice,
a junior
at
Santaluces
High
School
In addition
to the cash
prizes, the
10 winners
also
received
tickets to
the Aquila
Theatre
Company’s
performance
of
A Midsummer
Night’s
Dream
in the
Kravis
Center’s
Marshall E.
Rinker, Sr.
Playhouse.
In addition,
top winners
Brendan
Gardner and
Johnson
Sinophat
were both
invited to
perform
their
Shakespearean
selections
at the
reception.
The judges
for the
second
annual Alan
Lebow Award
for
Excellence
in
Shakespearean
Performance
were spoken
word poet,
percussionist
and artist
Jashua Sa-ra;
Louis Tyrell,
Producing
Director of
Florida
Stage; and
FAU
Assistant
Professor of
Theatre
Laura Wayth.
Presenters
at the
awards
ceremony
included
Judith A.
Mitchell,
Chief
Executive
Officer of
the Kravis
Center;
Patricia
Lebow,
Co-Founder,
President
and Director
of Kids’
Dreams,
Inc.; and
Palm Beach
County
Sheriff Ric
Bradshaw.
About
Kids’
Dreams:
For the
past
three
summers,
Kids’
Dreams
sent
children
from the
Youth
Empowerment
Center
of the
Criminal
Justice
Commission
of Palm
Beach
County
to camp
at Palm
Beach
Zoo. In
addition
to
animal
encounters
and a
visit to
the
South
Florida
Science
Museum,
the
campers
spent
time
getting
to know
a
sheriff's
deputy.
Older
youth
were
given a
Narcotic
Overdose
Prevention
and
Education
(NOPE)
Task
Force
presentation.
Kids’
Dreams
also
hosted
140
youngsters
during
the Max
Planck
Science
Tunnel
exhibit
at the
museum
and has
awarded
a
partial
college
scholarship;
plus,
the
charity
helps
at-risk
youth
pay for
academic
assistance.
About
the
Raymond
F.
Kravis
Center
for the
Performing
Arts:
The Raymond
F. Kravis
Center for
the
Performing
Arts is a
not-for-profit
performing
arts center
whose
mission is
to enhance
the quality
of life in
Palm Beach
County by
presenting a
diverse
schedule of
national and
international
artists and
companies of
the highest
quality; by
offering
comprehensive
arts
education
programs; by
providing a
Palm Beach
County home
in which
local and
regional
arts
organizations
can showcase
their work;
and by
providing
economic
catalyst and
community
leadership
in West Palm
Beach,
supporting
efforts to
increase
travel and
tourism to
Palm Beach
County.
The Kravis
Center is
located at
701
Okeechobee
Blvd. in
West Palm Beach, FL. For more information, please call
561-832-7469
or visit
www.kravis.org.