2009 Fred Ebb Award
Eligibility Criteria and Application Form (Adobe PDF format)

ADAM GWON
TO RECEIVE THE FOURTH ANNUAL
FRED EBB AWARD FOR
MUSICAL THEATRE SONGWRITING

The Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell S. Bernard, Trustee) in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) announced today that Adam Gwon has been awarded the fourth annual Fred Ebb Award.  The invitation only award presentation and cocktail reception will take place on Monday, December 1, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. at The American Airlines Theatre’s Penthouse Lobby (227 West 42nd Street).  Five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman will present Mr. Gwon with his award.  The Fred Ebb Award for Musical Theatre Songwriting is named in honor of the late award-winning lyricist Fred Ebb who passed away in September 2004.

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Adam Gwon

ADAM GWON is a composer and lyricist named one of “50 to Watch” by The Dramatist magazine.  His musical Ordinary Days recently had its world premiere at Pennsylvania Centre Stage and its UK premiere at the Finborough Theatre in London, and was seen at the 2008 NAMT Festival of New Musicals.  His other musicals include Bernice Bobs Her Hair (with librettist Julia Jordan) and Ethan Frome.  Adam is currently working on an original musical with playwright Sarah Hammond, commissioned by Broadway Across America, and an adaptation of Joe Meno’s “The Boy Detective Fails,” commissioned by Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, as part of their American Musical Voices Project: The Next Generation.  He was a 2006-07 musical theater fellow at the Dramatists Guild and is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.  Visit www.adamgwon.com.
 

The Fred Ebb Award recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting, by a songwriter or songwriting team that has not yet achieved significant commercial success. The award is meant to encourage and support aspiring songwriters to create new works for the musical theatre. The prize includes a $50,000 award.  In addition to the monetary prize, the Fred Ebb Foundation will produce a one-night-only showcase of Adam’s work in the spring of 2009.  The Fred Ebb Foundation is funded by royalties from Mr. Ebb’s vast catalogue of work.  The selection panel includes Mitchell S. Bernard, Sheldon Harnick, David Loud, Marin Mazzie, Tim Pinckney and Arthur Whitelaw.

The third annual Fred Ebb Award was given to Peter Mills on November 26th, 2007 at The American Airlines Theatre Penthouse Lounge.

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The second annual Fred Ebb Award was given to Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak on November 28th, 2006 at The American Airlines Theatre Penthouse Lounge.

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The first annual Fred Ebb Award was given to composer John Bucchino on November 29th, 2005 at The American Airlines Theatre Penthouse Lounge. Visit John's website at: johnbucchino.com.

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