Adam Rapp et al. Win Princess Grace Foundation Awards

The Princess Grace Foundation, which bestows grants on emerging theater, dance, and film artists in the U.S., has announced the winners of its 2006 awards. This year, the foundation will give an additional general operating support grant to each company hosting a Princess Grace Award winner.

In addition to the honorees listed below, Statue Awards will go to playwright, filmmaker, and novelist Adam Rapp and to Maria Kowroski, a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. These awards carry with them a cash prize of $25,000.

The foundation was established in 1984 in memory of Princess Grace of Monaco, to continue her work in assisting aspiring artists to pursue their career goals. This year’s black-tie awards ceremony will be held on November 2 at Ciprianni 42nd Street; CNN’s Larry King will serve as master of ceremonies once again, and H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco, the foundation’s vice chairman, will participate. The 2006 honorees are as follows, listed according to category:

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THEATER:

• Suzanne Agins, Williamstown Theater Festival (MA); Directing; Theater Fellowship; Robert & Gloria Hausman Theater Award
• Michael Braun, Yale School of Drama (CT); Graduate Acting; Theater Scholarship; Grace Le Vine Theater Award
• Christopher Brown, Mud/Bone (Bronx, NY); Lighting Design; Theater Fellowship; Pierre Cardin Theater Award
• Alice Reagan, Target Margin Theater (Brooklyn, NY); Directing; Theater Apprenticeship; Faberge Theater Award
  
• Maureen Towey, Sojourn Theater (OR); Directing; Theater Apprenticeship; Gant Gaither Theater Award
• Chi-wang Yang, California Institute of the Arts; Directing; Theater Scholarship; George C. Wolfe Theater Award
• James McManus, New Dramatists; Playwriting Fellowship

DANCE:

• Leonides Arpon, Armitage Gone! Dance; Modern Dance Fellowship
• Adrienne Benz, BalletMet Columbus; Ballet; Dance Fellowship
• Sara Esty, Miami City Ballet; Ballet; Dance Fellowship
• John Mark Giragosian, Maryland Youth Ballet; Dance Scholarship
  
• Laurel Keen, LINES Ballet; Ballet Dance Fellowship; Chris Hellman Dance Award
• Riley Watts, The Juilliard School; Modern Dance Scholarship

CHOREOGRAPHY:

• Camille A. Brown, Urban Bush Women; Modern; Choreography Fellowship
• Adam Hougland, Ballet Memphis; Ballet/Modern; Choreography Fellowship

FILM:

• David Chaim Cohen, California Institute of the Arts; Experimental Film; Undergraduate Scholarship
  
• Rachel Israel, Rhode Island School of Design; Narrative Film; Undergraduate Scholarship
• Elias Mallette, Massachusetts College of Art; Documentary/Experimental Film; Undergraduate Scholarship; John H. Johnson Film Award
• Miwa A. Matreyek, California Institute of the Arts; Experimental/Animation Film; Graduate Scholarship
• Hung P. Nguyen, Loyola Marymount University; Narrative Film; Graduate Scholarship; Cary Grant Film Award
• Ben Steinbauer, University of Texas at Austin; Documentary Film; Graduate Scholarship
  Cody Stokes, Webster University; Narrative Film; Undergraduate Scholarship

STATUE AWARDS:

• Maria Kowroski, principal dancer with New York City Ballet
• Adam Rapp, playwright, filmmaker, and novelist