Nominate Next Year's USITT Award WinnersUSITT will accept nominations for its 2015 Distinguished Achievement Awards and Special Achievement Awards between June 1 and July 1. USITT Distinguished Achievement Awards honor people whose careers have greatly contributed to a specific field of entertainment design or technology. This year's winners were costume designer Ann Roth, scene designer Eugene Lee, lighting designer Shirley Prendergast, sound designer Bob McCarthy, production manager Susan Threadgill, and theatre educator Dana Taylor. Nominate a Distinguished Achiever at http://plasa.me/jlecw. The 2015 winners will be honored participants in USITT's 2015 Annual Conference & Stage Expo, March 18 - 21 in Cincinnati, Ohio. USITT Special Achievement Awards include five different awards, none of which are necessarily given annually. They are: • The USITT Award, USITT's highest honor, recognizes a lifetime contribution to the performing arts or entertainment communities.
• The Thomas DeGaetani Award honors an important contributor to the arts in the area of that year's USITT Conference (hint: Someone in Cincinnati).
• The Joel E. Rubin Founder's Award recognizes extraordinary service to USITT.
• The Honorary Lifetime Member Award grants lifetime USITT membership to someone who has contributed many years of their life to the Institute.
• Special Citations may be awarded to any individual or organization for outstanding achievement in any area of the performing arts. Nominate for a USITT Special Achievement Award at http://plasa.me/g3t4z. USITT Distinguished and Special Award winners bring excitement, expertise, and inspiration to the annual Conference & Stage Expo. For more information on the awards, please visit www.usitt.org/awards. 
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