ARIZONA THEATRE SERVICE AWARD

At a reception prior to the Equity General Meeting at Phoenix Theatre on Monday, November 7, the Phoenix/Tucson Equity Liaison Committee presented the 2011 Arizona Theatre Service Award to Kyle Lawson, former Theatre and Entertainment Reporter and Critic for The Arizona Republic.

At a reception prior to the Equity Spring General Meeting at Phoenix Theatre on Monday, June 21, the Phoenix/Tucson Equity Liaison Committee presented long-time Equity member Judy Rollings with the 2010 Arizona Theatre Service Award.

Shelley Cohn, the former Executive Director of the Arizona Commission on the Arts, is the recipient of the Equity's 2007 Arizona Theatre Service Award. The award was presented to Ms. Cohn at the Union's membership meeting on Oct 8, 2007 at the Phoenix Theatre.

The Phoenix/Tucson Liaison Committee recently presented long-time resident Benjamin Stewart with the 2005 Arizona Theatre Service Award. A mainstay of Arizona's professional theatres, Benjamin began his career working with Sir Rex Harrison, Vanessa Redgrave and Sir Peter Ustinov on plays by Shaw, Shakespeare and Ustinov himself at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. He appeared in the Broadway revival of THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA with Richard Chamberlain, a production that was imported from the Ahmanson. He has also appeared at the Guthrie, the Mark Taper Forum, Hartford Stage, Missouri Rep, and other regional theatres. The Arizona Theatre Service Awards was presented to Benjamin for his support and service as mentor to many of Arizona's young actors.

Retired Professors of Theatre Harold Dixon and David Vining received the annual Arizona Theatre Service Awards at the general membership meeting of the Phoenix/Tucson Equity Liaison Committee, on Monday, September 27, 2004 in Phoenix.

The first annual Arizona Theatre Sevice Award, created by the Phoenix/Tucson Liaison Committee to honor longstanding contributions and service to the Arizona theatre community, has been presented to writer/critic Max McQueen.