HONORARY CHAIRPERSONS BIOGRAPHIES

HORTON FOOTE
Horton Foote is the author of over sixty plays and screenplays including: THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA, TENDER MERCIES, and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. He is a member of the Theater hall of fame and the American Academy of Arts & Letters and has received from the Academy the Gold Medal for Drama. Foote has won two Academy Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, an Emmy Award, two Writers Guild Awards, the Penn/Laurel Foundation Award for Drama, the New York State Governor’s Arts Award and from President Clinton the National Medal of Arts. His memoir, Farewell, was published by Scribners and his continuing memoir, Beginnings, was published in November 2001.

JULIA HANSEN
Julia Hansen is Chairman of The Drama League. A graduate of Vassar College, Mrs. Hansen came to The Drama League after a career on Wall Street. She founded the Directors Project, expanded the League's role in service to its members, and led The Drama League to expand its annual awards to include awards for Outstanding Play, Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Revival, Outstanding Contribution to the Theatre, and Musical Achievement. She is a former producer, Chairman of the Board of the Rehearsal Club, Board member of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and guest lecturer at the Yale Drama School. Mrs. Hansen currently sits on the Board of the Aspen Writers Foundation, and is a member of the Advisory Boards of the Tulane Shakespeare Festival and Aspen Theatre in the Park.

JOHN KANDER
Please go to: John Kander

ESTELLE PARSONS
Please go to: Estelle Parsons

STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Please go to: Stephen Sondheim

SAM WATERSTON
Please go to: Sam Waterston