The StageSource Board of Directors has named SpeakEasy Stage Company as the recipient of the 2008 StageSource Theatre Hero Award, to be presented at the Elliot Norton Awards on Monday, May 12.
SpeakEasy was cited for its dedication to nurturing and supporting Boston area theatre artists and for its leadership and inspiration to the theatre community of Greater Boston.
Past recipients of the annual award have included Jack Welch, former Managing Director of Baker’s Plays (2000), Kate Snodgrass, Artistic Director of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (2001), Wheelock Family Theatre (2002), Spiro Veloudos, Producing Artistic Director, Lyric Stage Company of Boston (2003), Jacqui Parker, Artistic Director, Our Place Theatre Project (2004), Scott Edmiston, director and long-time StageSource board member (2005), Susan Gassett, co-founder and Artistic Director of City Stage (2006), and James Spruill, co-founder of New African Company and longtime Associate Professor of Boston University (2007).
