2025 Recipients

• Lifetime Achievement Awards:

Jacqueline Hubbard, executive artistic director of Ivoryton Playhouse and Semina De Laurentis, artistic and managing director of Seven Angels Theatre

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• Ambassador for Women in Theater Award:

Mary Miko, CT Chapter LPTW co-founder and individual giving officer at Goodspeed Musicals

 

• Nurturing and Mentoring Women in Theater Award:

Marsha Mason, Broadway and film actress, theater director

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• Engaging Women in Building Community Award:

Hartbeat Ensemble, creating theater to connect community beyond traditional barriers of race, gender, class and geography

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• Women in Theater Inspiration Award:

Carole Schweid, remembering the beloved performer, director and producer of Play With Your Food

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• Women Playwrights Festival Playwrights:

Zeb Appel, Kimberly Hill, Betsy Maguire and Kate McLeod whose one-act plays were selected for the 2025 Festival

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• Theater Women Leadership Awards:

Keely Baisden Knudsen (Legacy), Melia Bensussen (Hartford Stage), Kandie Carle, (East Haddam Stage Company), Semina DeLaurentis (Seven Angels), Tiffani Gavin (The O'Neill Theater Center), Maureen Hamill (Fairfield Theater Company), Donna Lynn Hilton (Goodspeed), Jacqueline Hubbard (Ivoryton Playhouse), Kristin Huffman (New Paradigm), Melody Meitrott Libonati (Summer Theatre of New Canaan), Tracy Liz Miller (CT Theater Exchange), Meghan Monaghan Rivas (CT Repertory Theatre), Darlene Zoller (Playhouse on Park).