Judith Light to recieve 17th Monte Cristo Award

3/23/2017 12:10pm


 

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center announces that actress Judith Light will receive the 17th Monte Cristo Award.  An alum of the O’Neill, Judith first performed at the O’Neill’s 1977 National Playwrights Conference. A gala dinner will be held in her honor at 583 Park Avenue on Sun May 21 at 6:30 PM, followed by a special program hosted by O’Neill Executive Director Preston Whiteway and an award presentation by director and O’Neill alumnus Thomas Kail. The O’Neill annually bestows its Monte Cristo Award on a prominent theater artist whose lifetime work has had an extraordinary impact on American theater, in memory of its namesake. The gala event supports the Center’s commitment to developing new work and new artists for the stage. Past recipients of the Award include actors Meryl Streep, Michael DouglasNathan LaneChristopher PlummerJames Earl Jones, Kevin SpaceyJason Robards, Jr. Zoe Caldwell,Brian Dennehy, and Karl Malden; playwrights August Wilson, Wendy Wasserstein, Edward Albee, and Neil Simon; directors Harold Prince and George C. Wolfe; and Arthur & Barbara Gelb. Tickets are available at www.theoneill.org/montecristoaward. Press contact: Amanda Ritchie (860/443-5378)...