Pre-Women In The Arts 2017

2017 Women in the Arts Luncheon honoring Phylicia Rashad 
Monday, February 6
Location Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, 221 N Columbus Dr, South Driveway
11:30am Registration and VIP Reception
12:00pm Luncheon and Conversation

Join us for an engaging afternoon with Tony Award-winning actress, singer and stage director Phylicia Rashad, who will join Steppenwolf Artistic Director Anna D. Shapiro for a smart, riveting conversation this February 6.

Phylicia is a close collaborator with the Steppenwolf ensemble, having starred as Violet Weston in the Shapiro-helmed 2009 Broadway production of August: Osage County and more recently, in ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Head of Passes directed by ensemble member Tina Landau at the Public Theater. Her powerful work on stage has garnered much acclaim, and Phylicia was the first black actress to win the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, which she received for her performance of Lena Younger in a revival of A Raisin in the Sun in 2004.

Best known to television audiences for her groundbreaking role of attorney Clair Huxtable on The Cosby Show, for which she received two N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards and two Emmy nominations, Phylicia returns to television this season with a featured guest starring role in Empire. Recent film credits include Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls and the Rocky spin-off and sequel Creed.

ABOUT THE Annual LUNCHEON

Steppenwolf’s annual Women in the Arts Luncheon honors leading artists including Steppenwolf ensemble members Joan Allen, Laurie Metcalf and Martha Plimpton, plus Claire Danes, Julianna Margulies, Mary-Louise Parker, and a special 5th annual Luncheon with the women of August: Osage County Juliette Lewis, Margo Martindale and Julianne Nicholson in conversation with ensemble member Tracy Letts.

SUPPORT A NEW GENERATION OF ARTISTS & AUDIENCES

Proceeds from the Luncheon support Steppenwolf's programs that train the next generation of young leaders in the arts. Steppenwolf empowers future artists and audiences by producing two full-scale productions for teen audiences and providing in-class and afterschool workshops through Steppenwolf for Young Adults, and offering hands-on, intensive training for actors and young arts administrators.