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Eric Krebs to Be Honored at Fortune Society’s November 15 Gala

Eric Krebs
Eric Krebs

Producer Eric Krebs will be receive the Fortune Society’s Corporate Leaders for Change Award at the organization’s 2010 Annual Awards and Benefit Gala to be held on Sunday, November 15 at the Laura Pels Theatre.

Among Krebs’ Broadway credits are The Dinner Party, Electra, It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues and Paul Robeson. His many off-Broadway credits include The Castle, a play conceived and directed by Fortune founder David Rothenberg highlighting true-life stories of incarceration and life beyond prison walls.

The event will also feature the presentation of the David Rothenberg Achievement Award to Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker, in recognition of his efforts in creating and implementing programs that help formerly incarcerated individuals successfully reintegrate into their communities.

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