Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award

Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award
Awarded for	Recognizing emerging Theatrical Designers in the Chicago area.
Presented by	Michael Merritt Awards and Endowment Fund
Country	United States
Reward	Honorarium of $1,500
First awarded	2000/08
Official website	http://merrittawards.com/

The Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award is awarded to an emerging scenic, costume, lighting, sound, or other designer in acknowledgment of excellence in artistry and collaboration. The award is named in honour of Associate Artistic Director of the Goodman Theatre and Dean of The Theatre School at DePaul University Michael Maggio. The award and an honorarium, inaugurated in 2000, following Michael Maggio's death, are presented annually.^[1]

The Michael Maggio award is one of the Michael Merritt Design Awards, inaugurated in 1994 following the death the previous year, at age of 47, of designer and teacher Michael Merritt. These awards are presented to theatrical designers committed to excellence and collaboration. The Michael Merritt Endowment also gives annual scholarships to budding design students at Columbia College Chicago (where Merritt taught), Northwestern University, and The Theatre School at DePaul University.^[2]

Award Recipients

• 2001 - Lindsay Jones - Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award (the first)
• 2003 - Jaymi Lee Smith - Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award
• 2004 - Elizabeth Powell Wislar - Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award
• 2005 - Tom Burch - Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award
• 2007 - Ana Kuzmanic - Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award
• 2007 - Catherine Zuber - Merrit Awards for Excellence in Design and Collaboration
• 2008 - Kevin Depinet - Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award
• 2008 - David Budries - Merrit Awards for Excellence in Design and Collaboration
• 2009 - Keith Parham - Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award
• 2009 - Todd Rosenthal - Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration
• 2010 - Collette Pollard - Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award
• 2010 - Michael Philippi (posthumously) - Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration

Scholarship Recipients

• 2008 - The John Murbach Scholarship for Collaborative Design - Jessica Harpenau (lighting designer, Columbia College Chicago)
• 2008 - Chantal Calato (costume designer, Northwestern University)
• 2008 - Samantha Umstead (costume designer, The Theatre School of DePaul University)
• 2009 - Stephen H. Carmody (costume designer, Northwestern University)
• 2010 - The John Murbach Scholarship for Collaborative Design - Wade Holliday (lighting designer, Columbia College Chicago)
• 2010 - Jeremy Floyd (costume designer, Northwestern University)
• 2010 - Williams G. Wever (scenic designer, The Theatre School of DePaul University)

References

1. ^ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Merritt-Design-Awards/48437224345?v=info
2. ^ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Merritt-Design-Awards/48437224345?v=info