Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation give awards to new songwriters and book writers. The foundation was created by American Theatre Wing Board Member, Sondra Gilman, and Texas Art Commissioner, Celso Gonzalez-Falla. The Musical Theatre Award is accompanied by a grant of $25,000. A number of smaller grants (between $1,000- $5,000) are also awarded at the ceremony. To qualify the "writers must have had at least one musical produced in either a commercial or a professional non-profit theatre in America."
Previous Musical Theatre Award winners
Year Winner(s) 1991 Craig Carnelia 1992 Louis Rosen 1993 Jeffrey Lunden and Arthur Perlman 1995 Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley 1996 Jason Robert Brown and Ray Leslee 1998 Robert Lindsay Nassif (author of Honky Tonk Highway & Ellior Ness in Cleveland). 1999 Doug Cohen and Polly Pen 2000 Kirsten Childs 2001 Andrew Lippa 2003 Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin
Other Winners Michael John LaChiusa Robert Lindsay Nassif Andrew Lippa
Grants The Foundation also gives out commendations of $1000–$5000. Previous winners include: Kirsten Childs Martin Sylvestri Joel Higgins John Bucchino David Evans Bill Russell (lyricist) Lynn Ahrens Stephen Flaherty Jonathan Larson
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