Pell Award recipients named

LAURIE AND OSKAR EUSTIS will be awarded with the Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts by Trinity Repertory Co. / COURTESY LAURIE AND OSKAR EUSTIS
LAURIE AND OSKAR EUSTIS will be awarded with the Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts by Trinity Repertory Co. / COURTESY LAURIE AND OSKAR EUSTIS

(Updated 2:52 p.m.)
PROVIDENCE – Trinity Repertory Company will award Oskar Eustis and Laurie Eustis with the Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts.

Oskar Eustis currently serves as the artistic director of The Public Theater in New York.
In addition, Elizabeth Z. Chace, a businesswoman and philanthropist, will be honored with the Charles Sullivan Award for Distinguished Service in the Arts.

“For 20 years, we have honored Sen. Claiborne Pell’s extraordinary commitment to the arts and humanities by recognizing remarkable arts leaders across the nation and in Rhode Island, which was a tradition started by Oskar during his tenure at Trinity Rep,” Curt Columbus, artistic director of Trinity Repertory Company, said in a statement. “Oskar, Laurie and Liz have made an enormous impact on our field, the results of which can be felt in every corner of the arts community, both locally and nationally. It is a privilege to be able to honor all three of them this year.”
Oskar Eustis was the artistic director at Trinity for more than 10 years before he left in 2005 for the position in New York.
Nominations are now being accepted for additional local honorees. Information is available at www.trinityrep.com. The Pell Awards ceremony will be held May 23.
Nomination criteria require the artist’s name, contact information and a brief description of his or her work and the contributions he or she made to Rhode Island. Nominations are due by Jan. 29.

Corporate sponsorships and event program ads are available and individual tickets will go on sale in early April. All proceeds from the annual Pell Awards Gala benefit Trinity’s artistic and educational programs. For information, call (401) 453-9237.

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