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1969 ~ Our 40th Year ~
2009
Jeffrey Weiss Literary Award Competition
Theatre Historical Society of America
The Jeffrey Weiss Literary Award was established in 1984 by Mr. and Mrs. Elias Weiss of New York in memory of their son Jeffrey, who had a lifelong interest in movie theatres and organs and was a member of THS from 1974 until his untimely death in 1982. Mr. and Mrs. Weiss endowed an annual award competition to honor and perpetuate the memory of their son. It further serves to encourage interest in research and writing about historic theatres and to provide suitable material for submission to Marquee®, the quarterly journal of the Society.
The award prizes are:
1st Prize: $500
2nd Prize: $300
3rd Prize: $100
The Theatre Historical Society of America invites submission
of papers consisting of original research on aspects of American theatres relevant to our
specific areas of interest (architecture, decoration, equipment, history or operation).
Inclusion of photographs and/or illustrations is particularly encouraged.
The competition is open to anyone. Winning entries are
submitted for publication in Marquee®, the Society's quarterly
journal.
The submission deadline for this year's
competition is:
December 31,
2009
For competition rules see the link at left, or contact us.
If you have any questions or wish further information,
contact:
- Richard Sklenar, Executive Director
- Theatre Historical Society of America
- 152 North York, 2nd floor
- Elmhurst, IL 60126-2806
- Telephone (630) 782-1800; Fax (630) 782-1802
- e-mail: thrhistsoc@aol.com
Past winners of the Jeffrey Weiss Literary Award include:
1985
Larry Widen
"Milwaukee's Dime Museum Era"
Jack Robinson, Harrington Park NJ
"New York's Most Elegant, the Century Theatre (nee New Theatre)"
1986
"Mutual Film Corporation: A History, 1905-1918"
1987
Edgar Kloten
"The Fox Theatre, Washington, DC"
Jack Robinson, Harrington Park NJ
"That Merry, Merry World of Burlesk"
1988
Douglas Gomery
"Kansas Delights: The Movie Theatres of Augusta"
1989
Jim Rankin, Milwaukee WI
"Theatre Passementerie"
Herb Stockinger, Los Angeles CA
"The World's Finest Air Conditioned Theatre - Empire Theatre, Atlantic City, New Jersey"
1990
Jack Robinson, Harrington Park NJ
"The Ziegfeld Theatre: Joseph Urban's Masterpiece"
Karen C. Noonan, Geneva NY
"A Personal Recollection of the Smith Opera House of Performing
Arts"
1991
Mandel Sprachman
"The Eglinton Theatre, Toronto, Canada"
1992
Jane Preddy, New York NY
"Deco-Deco: Theatres in Queens (New York) during the Thirties and Early
Forties"
Robert Headley
"The Stanley: Baltimore's Lost Palace"
Scott Bailey, Tacoma WA
"The Seattle Fox Theatre"
1993
Christine Basque, Chicago IL
"Paradoxes in Paradise: The Chicago Movie Palaces of Balaban & Katz"
Jack Robinson, Harrington Park NJ
"The New York Hippodrome, Greatest of Them All"
Karen C. Noonan, Geneva NY
"Miss Frances DiBella and the Palace Theatre of Syracuse, New York"
Valerie Felt McClead, East Holden ME
"A History of the Strand Theatre, East Corinth, Maine, 1916-1932"
1994
Karen C. Noonan, Geneva NY
"The Golden Era of J. Myer & Louis W. Schine and the Schine Circuit
Theatres"
Ann Girand, Moscow ID
"The Search for the Original Interior Finishes of the 1925 McDonald Theatre,
Eugene, Oregon"
Donald C. King, Washington DC
"The Boston Bijou, 1836-1943"
1995
Scott Bailey, Tacoma WA
"The Tacoma Theatre"
Bryan Olson
"The Radio City Theatre, Minneapolis"
Paul D'Amico, Denver CO
"And Here, A Child's Paradise - the Mayan Theatre, Denver, Colorado"
1996
[No Awards Given]
1997
Clifford Edge, Robstown TX
"Stout Jackson and the Carpa Theatres of Texas"
Michael Kinerk and Dennis Wilhelm, Miami Beach FL
"Florida Dream Palaces"
Allen Johannesen, Portland OR
"The Movie Palace at Owyhee Dam"
1998
Timothy Wagner, Rochester NY
"Tinseltown: Three Upstate New York Theatres"
Joseph DuciBella, Chicago IL
"The Four Major Works of Levy & Klein, Architects, as designed by Edward Eichenbaum"
Anna Soutar, New Zealand
"An Australasian Atmospheric: The Civic Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand"
1999
Barbara Grant, Derry NH
"And Then There Was One: The Derry Opera House, Derry, New Hampshire"
Barbara Berrios, Nashua NH
"Movie Theatres in Nashua, New Hampshire, 1933-1948"
2000
Don King, Washington DC
"E.M., The Other Loew"
Connie Capozzola Pinkerton, Savannah GA
"The Savannah Theatre"
2001
Jodi Morrison, Chicago IL
"Entertaining History: The Music Box Theatre, Chicago, 1929-2001"
Roger Jones, Los Angeles CA
"The Million Dollar Theatre, Los Angeles"
Aimee Lala, Aston PA
"Costume Changes at a Theatre: The Capitol Theatre, Dover,
Delaware"
2002
Marion Peter Holt, New York NY
"The Magical Montgomery: New Hope for Spartanburg's (South Carolina) Finest
Showplace"
Jim Rankin, Milwaukee WI
"Ornamentation Old and New: Grillework in Theatres"
Tim Kennedy, Fargo ND
"The Memory Palaces of North Dakota"
2003
Geoffrey C. Weiss, Mt. Olive NC
"Louisville's Vogue Theatre: 59 Years of Good Neighbors"
2004
David Guss, Somerville MA
"The Lost Theatres of Somerville"
Jennifer Sandy, Zionsville IN
"The Damm Theatre in Osgood, Indiana: From Stables to Starlets"
Garda Parker, Bouckville NY
"The Earlville Opera House"
2005
Paul Moore, Chicago IL
"Dream Palaces That Remained Unbuilt: Unbuilt Chicago Theatres"
Kelly Kromer, Baton Rouge LA
"That's Entertainment"
2006
Ryan Hedge, Goleta CA
"Warner Theatre, Hollywood: The Gem of Gems"
Jessica Westphal, Chicago IL
"Building Transformation: The Iroquois Theatre"
Emily Dominick, Rock Island IL
"Into Brick and Mortar and Marble..."
Dr. Mick Sokol, Springfield MO
"The Gainsville Federal Building Becomes the Hippodrome Theatre"
2007
John McConnel, Okmulgee OK
"Biography of a Small Town Hippodrome"
Jean Guarino Clark, Chicago IL
"A Series of Firsts: Chicago's Central Park Theatre"
Richard Holden, Tucson AZ
"The New York Roxy Theater"
2008
David Wilkinson, Woodland, CA
"Hollywood Comes to Woodland, California"
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