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2011 Princess Grace Award Winners Announced

The recipients of 2011 Princess Grace Awards have been announced. The prizes will be presented at the black-tie Princess Grace Awards Gala, to be held on November 1, 2011 at Cipriani 42nd Street.

Princess Grace Awards recipients in theater include Johnna Adams, who has won a playwriting fellowship/residency at New Dramatists, along with CarlosAlexis Cruz, Miriam A. Hyman, Matt Jones, Hana Sooyeon Kim, Sarah Rasmussen, and Sadieh Rifai. In addition, R. Davis McCallum of the Public Theater has won a Princess Grace Award theater honorarium

Each year, the Foundation presents the Princess Grace Awards to artists who show excellence and promise in the areas of theater, dance, and film. This year’s Princess Grace Statue Awards, which include a $25,000 unrestricted cash gift and a special Bronze Statue of Princess Grace, will go to filmmaker Jon M. Chu.

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