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Rick Foucheux, Mark Harelik, Austin Pendleton, et al. Named 2011 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows

Austin Pendleton
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Austin Pendleton
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

The Ten Chimneys Foundation has announced its list of 2011 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows, who will be in residence at Ten Chimneys for a week in July for an intensive weeklong master class and retreat, led by Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis.

The Fellows for the coming year are: René Augseen of American Conservatory Theater, James Craven, Penumbra Theatre; Nike Doukas and Mark Harelik, South Coast Repertory; Rick Foucheux, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; Mary Martello, Arden Theatre Company; Austin Pendleton, Steppenwolf Theatre Company; James Pickering, Milwaukee Repertory Theater; Vilma Silva, Oregon Shakespeare Festival; and Sally Nystuen Vahle, Dallas Theater Center.

In addition to participating in the retreat, each of the Fellows will receive a $2,500 cash fellowship in recognition of his or her exceptional contributions to their communities and to the overall quality of American theatre.