Rosetta LeNoire Award

Actors' Equity's Central Regional Board and EEO Committee presented the 2008 Rosetta LeNoire Award to Detroit Repertory Theatre on Monday, May 5, 2008 at Equity's Chicago offices. Named for the famed and beloved Actress and Producer, the Rosetta LeNoire Award recognizes outstanding contributions made to the "universality of the human experience in the American Theatre" through either non-traditional or affirmative casting.

Willie Boston, Equity's Equal Employment Opportunity Business Representative from 1991 to 2007, received three standing ovations when he returned to accept the Rosetta LeNoire Award at the Eastern Regional Membership Meeting on Friday, April 13, 2007.

Equity's prestigious Rosetta LeNoire Award has been given to Mia Katigbak, co-founder and Artistic Director of the National Asian-American Theatre Company (NAATCO). The award, created by Actors' Equity Association in 1988 to honor Ms. LeNoire's contribution to the American theatre, was presented at the Union's April 7 General Membership meeting held in New York City.

Actors’ Equity has awarded its Rosetta LeNoire Award to producer/director Woodie King, Jr. and the New Federal Theatre. The prestigious Award was presented on Friday, April 8, 2005 at Equity’s membership meeting in New York City.

Non-Traditional Dance Company and its Wheelchair-Mobile Actor/Dancer Founder Are Hailed for Making Strides in Personifying Diversity

It is with great pride and joy that we acknowledged two theatres this year with the Rosetta LeNoire Award for "excellence in artistic contributions to the universality of the human spirit." Awards were presented at membership meetings in Los Angeles and New York on April 4, 2003 to Deaf West Theatre of Los Angeles and North Shore Music Theatre of Beverly, Massachusetts. Here are profiles of the two recipients.