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Overview

The Ruth Maleczech Award

Overview: Annual award honoring a performer who embodies Ruth Maleczech's daring and raw, naked fearlessness in every performance.

Criteria: Award goes to a performer who embodies Ruth's daring and raw, naked fearlessness in every performance

Focus: Performance art, theater

Background: Ruth Maleczech was co-founder of Mabou Mines. The award celebrates her legacy and commitment to fearless, experimental performance.

Recent Awardees:

  • 2023: Jane Catherine Shaw (puppet theater artist with 30+ years of practice)

  • 2022: Lindsay Abromaitis-Smith (artist, herbalist, writer, pleasure activist)

  • 2017: Black-Eyed Susan (actress in downtown NYC theater scene)

  • 2016: April Matthis (actor and performer)
  • Contact: Mabou Mines, 150 First Avenue, New York, NY 10009 | Phone: 212.473.0559 | info@maboumines.org

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    artsperforming-arts

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