On June 15, we held the 7th Annual Running of the Red Bulls. An intimate soirée celebrating a successful Red Bull Theater season and featuring the presentation of the Matador Awards for Excellence in Classical Theater.
Last year's honorees were Jack O’Brien, Martha Plimpton and the Off Broadway Angels.
Pictures from the 2015 event are below.
SAVE THE DATE - MONDAY JUNE 6, 2016
Matador Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Classical Theater
Jack O’Brien
Director
Represented on Broadway this season with the hit It’s Only a Play, Jack O’Brien is a three-time Tony Award-winning director who consistently directs and supports the classical repertoire. He was Artistic Director of the Old Globe for over twenty-five years. Major New York productions have included Henry IV, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing and Il trittico at the Metropolitan Opera. O’Brien also helmed the original productions of the Broadway musicals Hairspray, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Full Monty.
Matador Award for Extraordinary Talent for Classical Theater
Martha Plimpton
Actor
Martha Plimpton is a three-time Tony Award-nominated actress. Her leading role on Broadway in Tom Stoppard’s trilogy The Coast of Utopia earned her a Drama Desk Award. She also played the leading role in Lincoln Center Theater's Cymbeline and has appeared on Broadway in A Delicate Balance, Pal Joey, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Shakespeare in the Park. Plimpton’s acclaimed screen work includes The Goonies, Mosquito Coast, Parenthood and her long-running sit-com, Raising Hope.
George Mayer Matador Award for Extraordinary Service to Classical Theater
Off Broadway Angels
Charlotte & David Ackert • Janet & Michael Slosberg • Jane Stanicki
Off Broadway Angels was formed by passionate theatergoers who served on the boards of a variety of not-for-profit Off Broadway theaters. The group funds developmental work, whether done by smaller theater companies or groups organized around a creation of specific theatrical production, including Bedlam Theater and New Dramatists. Red Bull Theater has been honored with their support for the past six seasons.
This year Red Bull Theater will honor:
Jesse Berger & Stephen Spinella
John Guare and Cathy Tempelsman
Matthew Amendt, Amelia Pedlow, Stephen Spinella, Susan Doran, John Guare, Marth Plimpton, Jack O'Brien, and Michael Slosberg
Jack O'Brien graciously accepting his award
Jack O'Brien
John Guare
Michael Slosberg of the Off Broadway Angels
Stephen Spinella
Martha Plimpton and Billy Crudup
Martha Plimpton accepting her award
Billy Crudup presenting the award
Molly Pope
Marc Vietor
David Kalodner & Susan Doran
Laila Robins, Robert Cuccioli and
Bradley McCormick and Marion Katz
Martin Baharastani, Debbie Baharastani, Carla, and Mathew Rubin
Jim Bredeson & Nick Alder
Gwin Joh Chin and Sandra Lee
Kathy Hood, Michelle Parsons, and Peter West
David Baldwin & Jim Bredeson
Judine Somerville
Patricia Conolly, Michael Carlsen, Martha Plimpton, Kellie Overbey
Mathew Rubin and Carla
Sally Hines, Robert Doran, Joan and David Duncan
Elizabeth Cecil, David Wagner and Harriet Gurber
Matthew Amendt, Tiasha Adams, Ray Huth, and Amanda Whiteley
and Jack O'Brien
Jack O'Brien
Jack O'Brien, Martha Plimpton & Billy Crudup
Carolyn Schiff and Noah Millman
Matthew Rauch, Jack O'Brian, Paige Davis, Patrick Page & Amelia Pedlow
Dan Fortune, Jesse Berger & Molly Pope
Matthew Rauch, Paige Davis, Patick Page & Jesse Berger
Sally Hines, Joan and David Duncan, and Susan Doran
Paige Davis & Patrick Page
Guest Performers
John Ellison Conlee
Molly Pope
Special Guests
Billy Crudup
Brian D'Arcy James
John Guare
Robert Cuccioli
Patrick Page
Laila Robins
Stephen Spinella
Charlayne Woodard
& More
Honorary Benefit Committee
Billy Crudup, Honorary Chair
Jeffory Lawson, Honorary Chair
Marsha Mason, Honorary Chair
F. Murray Abraham
Emily Bergl
Michael Cerveris
Katheeen Chalfant
Stockard Channing
Robert Cuccioli
Paige Davis
André De Shields
Olympia Dukakis
Christopher Innvar
Jan Maxwell
Patrick Page
Lily Rabe
Roger Rees
Laila Robins
Jay O. Sanders
Stephen Spinella
Michael Stuhlbarg
Richard Thomas
John Douglas Thompson
Charlayne Woodard