Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation
Introduction '''''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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