Isabelle Stevenson Award

The Isabelle Stevenson Award is a special non-competitive Tony Award. It is given to "an individual from the theatre community who has made a substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of one or more humanitarian, social service or charitable organizations, regardless of whether such organizations relate to the theatre."

The award is named for the late president of the American Theatre Wing, Isabelle Stevenson, and was first presented at the 2009 Tony Awards ceremony. The first recipient was Phyllis Newman, who founded The Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of The Actors' Fund of America. The second recipient was David Hyde Pierce, recognized "for his work in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease."

Recipients

2000s

• 2009: Phyllis Newman, for founding "The Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of The Actors Fund of America."

2010s

• 2010: David Hyde Pierce, for "his work in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease."
• 2011: Eve Ensler, founder of V-Day.
• 2012: Bernadette Peters, for her work with Broadway Barks.
• 2013: Larry Kramer, "for his work as the co-founder of Gay Men's Health Crisis".

• 2014: Rosie O’Donnell, "for her commitment to arts education for New York City’s public school children."
• 2015: Stephen Schwartz, "for his commitment to serving artists and fostering new talent."
• 2016: Brian Stokes Mitchell, for "service to the Actors Fund."
• 2017: Baayork Lee, for "her longstanding commitment to future generations of artists through her work with the National Asian Artists Project and theatre education programs around the world."

External links

• "A New Tony Award" article at Tony Awards