Special Events
Harman Center for the Arts Annual Gala
Monday, October 27, 2008
The Shakespeare Theatre Company held the second
annual Harman Center for the Arts Gala on Monday, October 27, 2008
under the gracious patronage of His Excellency the British Ambassador
and Lady Sheinwald.
Gala Co-Chairs
Beth Dozoretz
Samia Farouki
Artistic Director
Michael Kahn
The William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre Recipients
The 2008 Harman Center for the Arts Annual Gala honored three artists
whose accomplishments in interpreting Shakespeare’s Romeo
and Juliet have widened the appreciation of Shakespeare.
 
Rennie Harris
Founder, Rennie Harris Puremovement,
Choreographer of Rome and Jewels
 
Peter Martins
Ballet Master in Chief, New York City Ballet
Choreographer of Romeo and Juliet
 
Chita Rivera
Anita in the original Broadway cast of West Side Story
The Sidney Harman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts was
awarded to The Harman Family Foundation. The gala performance
at Sidney Harman Hall A Night in Verona also
featured several other special guest performers:
 
Dinner and Dancing at the National Building Museum
For more information, please contact Joanne Coutts, Associate Director
of Special Events, at 202.547.3230 ext. 2330 or HCAGala@ShakespeareTheatre.org.
Click
here for information on the Harman Center for the Arts
Opening Gala, held in October 2007.
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