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May 9, 2012
The Richard Seff Award
Laila Robins, Patrick Page Receive Equity’s Richard Seff Award
From L to R: Laila Robins (THE LADY FROM DUBUQUE) Richard Seff and Patrick Paige (SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE
DARK),recipients
of the annual Richard Seff Award presented by the Actors' Equity Foundation.
photo: John Quilty
Laila Robins and Patrick Page have been named to receive the annual Richard Seff Award presented by the Actors’ Equity Foundation. The award honors a veteran female and male character actor for the best performance in a supporting role in a Broadway or Off-Broadway production. The announcement was made by Arne Gundersen, President of the Actors’ Equity Foundation, which administers the Award.
Laila Robins was cited for her performance in the Signature Theatre production of Edward Albee’s THE LADY FROM DUBUQUE. Ms Robins’ other Broadway appearances include HEARTBREAK HOUSE, FROZEN (Lucille Lortel Award nomination), THE HERBAL BED and THE REAL THING. Off-Broadway, she has appeared in SWEET AND SAD, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and TINY ALICE, among others. She has appeared extensively in regional theatres and is a company member of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Ms Robins holds an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama.
Patrick Page, Norman Osborn/Green Goblin in SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK, played Henry VIII in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, the title role in THE GRINCH, Scar in THE LION KING, and Lumiere in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, among other Broadway appearances. Off- Broadway, he was in REX, RICHARD II, and THE DUCHESS OF MALFI. He’s had more than 25 years of experience in regional theatre, including as an associate artist at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre and Washington, DC’s Shakespeare Theatre Company, and recently received a Helen Hayes Award for his role as Iago in OTHELLO at Shakespeare Theatre Company.
Equity member Richard Seff established this award in 2003. Previous recipients include: TOM ALDREDGE, LARRY BRYGGMAN, LYNN COHEN, JIM DALE, HALLIE FOOTE, JANE HOUDYSHELL, DANA IVEY and, in 2011, Deirdre O’Connell and Reed Birney.
The presentation took place at Equity’s Eastern Regional Board meeting on Tuesday, June 12 at the Equity offices.
The Judges’ Panel includes: Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News; Adam Feldman, Time Out NY; Susan Haskins, Theater Talk; Harry Haun, Playbill and David Rosenberg, Back Stage.
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 Award pages:
Bayfield
Callaway
Derwent
Eisenberg
Jordan
LeNoire
Quinn
Robeson
Seff
Sturtevant
Arizona Theatre Service
ACCA
Diversity on Broadway
Spirit of Diversity
In 2003 the Actors' Equity Foundation established the Richard Seff Award, an annual award to be given to a male and female character actor who is 50 years old or older and who has been a member of the Actors' Equity for 25 years or longer, for the best performance in a featured or unfeatured supporting role in a Broadway or Off Broadway production.
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