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ISABELLE STEVENSON, one of the theatre world's most celebrated and committed advocates, served as the President of the Wing for 33 years and in 1998 she became Chairman of the Board. As Wing Chairman of the Board, she oversaw a diverse range of programs designed to bring the theatre directly into the community as well as nurture a new generation of theatregoers. Three innovative programs were created specifically by Mrs. Stevenson: Working in the Theatre seminars, Introduction to Broadway and Theatre-in-Schools. ATW's Working in the Theatre seminars are considered the liveliest and most informative arts-related broadcasts to be found on television. During her presidency, she single-handedly booked every seminar and assembled a group of panelists that read like a Who's Who of contemporary American theatre. Isabelle Stevenson joined ATW's board in 1954, but her show business career began long before that. She made her debut in Earl Carroll's Vanities, an annual musical extravaganza that rivaled Florenz Ziegfield's Follies and George White's Scandals. She toured the United States as a dancer and was part of a Royal Command Performance at London's Palladium before Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles. She enjoyed even bigger success at the Olympia Theatre in Paris when Le Figaro hailed her as "the blonde Josephine Baker." Mrs. Stevenson also studied journalism at New York University, and both fashion and costume design at the Traphegan School of Design. At Greystone Publishing, she supervised publication of books on decorating, design and sewing. In 1965, Stevenson became president of the Wing for what was expected to be an interim period. Mrs. Stevenson was Co-Chairman of the New York City Board of Education's All-Day Neighborhood Schools, served on the Board of Directors of The Museum of the City of New York and the board of New Dramatists, Inc. Isabelle Stevenson was honored at the New Yorker for New York Awards, receiving The Elizabeth Chapin Award for Volunteers in the Arts for the Citizens Committee for New York City. She was also honored by the Encore Community Services (St. Malachy's, The Actors' Chapel) with their Heart to Heart Award. In 1999 she was the recipient of a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement; in 2001 she was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and, also that year, received the Tree of Life Award from the Jewish National Fund.
Bio as of November, 2005.
Working in the Theatre (video)
Performance - September, 2003
Design - September, 2003
Production: Avenue Q - September, 2003
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - September, 2003
Production: Big River - June, 2003
Performance - April, 2003
Design - April, 2003
Production: Urban Cowboy - April, 2003
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - April, 2003
Production: Hairspray - December, 2002
Performance - September, 2002
Design - September, 2002
Women Producers - September, 2002
Playwright and Director - September, 2002
Performance - June, 2002
Performance - April, 2002
Production: Thoroughly Modern Millie - April, 2002
Playwright and Director - April, 2002
Design - September, 2001
Performance - September, 2001
Production: Mamma Mia! - September, 2001
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - September, 2001
Performance - April, 2001
Production: The Producers - April, 2001
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - April, 2001
Performance - September, 2000
Composer and Lyricist - September, 2000
Production: The Full Monty - September, 2000
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - September, 2000
Performance - April, 2000
Production: Aida - April, 2000
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - April, 2000
Performance - September, 1999
Design - September, 1999
Production: Contact - September, 1999
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - September, 1999
Critics - September, 1999
Production: The Civil War - April, 1999
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - April, 1999
Performance - April, 1999
Performance - December, 1998
Design - September, 1998
Production: Side Man - September, 1998
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - September, 1998
Performance - September, 1998
Production: Ragtime - April, 1998
Playwright and Director - April, 1998
Production: The Lion King - April, 1998
Performance - April, 1998
Design - September, 1997
Production: Side Show - September, 1997
Playwright and Director - September, 1997
Performance - September, 1997
Unions and Guilds - April, 1997
Production: Stanley - April, 1997
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - April, 1997
Performance - April, 1997
Design - September, 1996
Production - September, 1996
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - September, 1996
Performance - September, 1996
"Return to Broadway" - April, 1996
Production: Master Class - April, 1996
Playwright and Director - April, 1996
Performance - April, 1996
Design Awards - September, 1995
Production: Moon Over Buffalo - September, 1995
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - September, 1995
Performance - September, 1995
Regional Theatre: Goodspeed Opera House - April, 1995
Production: Love! Valour! Compassion! - April, 1995
Playwright and Director - April, 1995
Performance - April, 1995
Design - September, 1994
Production: Damn Yankees - September, 1994
Playwright and Director - September, 1994
Performance - September, 1994
Production: Beauty and the Beast - April, 1994
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - April, 1994
New Play Development - April, 1994
Performance - April, 1994
Design - September, 1993
Production: Kiss of the Spider Woman - September, 1993
Playwright and Director - September, 1993
Performance - September, 1993
Regional Theatre/New Play Development - April, 1993
Production: Fool Moon - April, 1993
Playwright and Director - April, 1993
Performance - April, 1993
Production: Anna Christie - January, 1993
Design - September, 1992
Unions and Guilds - September, 1992
Production: Jelly's Last Jam - September, 1992
Playwright and Director - September, 1992
Performance - September, 1992
Production: Crazy For You - April, 1992
Playwright and Director - April, 1992
Performance - April, 1992
Performance - September, 1991
Performance - September, 1991
Production: A Few Good Men - September, 1990
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - September, 1990
Performance - September, 1990
Production: Gypsy and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof - April, 1990
Producing - April, 1990
Performance - April, 1990
Production: Orpheus Descending - September, 1989
Performance - September, 1989
Production: The Heidi Chronicles - April, 1989
Playwright and Director - April, 1989
Performance - April, 1989
Production: Spoils Of War - September, 1988
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - September, 1988
Performance - September, 1988
Production: M. Butterfly - April, 1988
Playwright and Director - April, 1988
Performance - April, 1988
Design - September, 1987
Production: Burn This - September, 1987
Playwright and Director - September, 1987
Performance - September, 1987
Production: Sweet Sue - April, 1987
Playwright and Director - April, 1987
Performance - April, 1987
Production: House Of Blue Leaves - September, 1986
Playwright and Director - September, 1986
Performance - September, 1986
Production: Precious Sons - April, 1986
Playwright and Director - April, 1986
Performance - April, 1986
Design - September, 1985
Playwright and Director - September, 1985
Performance - September, 1985
Production: Grind - April, 1985
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - April, 1985
Performance - April, 1985
Production: Hurlyburly - September, 1984
Performance - September, 1984
Production: Dancing In The End Zone - April, 1984
Performance - September, 1982
Playscript - April, 1980
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