AUDELCO

AUDELCO, the Audience Development Committee, Inc., was established in 1973 by the late Vivian Robinson to honor excellence in New York African American Theatre through presentation of Vivan Robinson/AUDELCO Recognition Awards (aka Viv awards). The awards were created to promote "recognition, understanding and awareness of the arts in the African-American community".

The AUDELCO Viv awards recognize the following, whether Broadway or off-Broadway:
*Productions by Black companies
*Shows written or directed by Blacks
*Black actors in shows

AUDELCO has an office in Central Harlem, New York, with an active board of directores, including Executive Director, Carrie Jackson. The organization has thousands of members, a newsletter, and a black theater collection of books, photos, slides and scripts as wellas an extensive clipping file on black theater ocmpanies and productions.

The AUDELCO awards are limited to productions mounted by professional, not-for-profit theater organizations which have been in existence for at least two years and have had a minimum of 500 hours of rehearsal, performance, or training. Additionally, productions have to have been performed over 12 times between September 1st of one year and August 31st of the next. Workshop productions and works-in-prograess are not eligible.

The AUDELCO Viv awards allow celebrities and everyday people to get to share their love of theater and their appreciation for the incredible performances, scripts, direction, costumes and sets that have been presented during the last theater season.

References

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407E1DB1F39F935A25752C1A967948260 NY Times] 1981 Awards
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0716F9355D0C738DDDAF0894D1484D81&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fF%2fFestivals NY Times] 1989 Awards
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA071EFD3E5D0C708EDDA80994D1484D81&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fF%2fFraser%2c%20C%2e%20Gerald NY Times] More on the 1989 Awards
* [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0148-6179(198322)17%3A2%3C79%3ATFTYOA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6 Black American Literature Forum] Article, The First Ten Years of AUDELCO
* [http://www.harlemlive.org/arts-culture/theater/audelco/index.html Harlem Live ]
* [http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/6922 Theater Mania ]
* [http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&pwst=1&q=audelco&near=New+York,+NY&radius=0.0&latlng=40714167,-74006389,6803716376563458435&sa=X&oi=local&ct=authority Google Maps] 10 references - 133 W 130th St, New York, NY 10027, [phone].
* [http://www.audelco.net AUDELCO Official Site]