Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation
# Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation

Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation give awards to new songwriters and book writers. The foundation was created by American Theatre Wing Board Member, Sondra Gilman, and Texas Art Commissioner, Celso Gonzalez-Falla. The Musical Theatre Award is accompanied by a grant of $25,000. A number of smaller grants (between $1,000- $5,000) are also awarded at the ceremony. To qualify the "writers must have had at least one musical produced in either a commercial or a professional non-profit theatre in America."

## Previous Musical Theatre Award winners

| Year | Winner(s) |
| - | - |
| 1991 | Craig Carnelia |
| 1992 | Louis Rosen |
| 1993 | Jeffrey Lunden and Arthur Perlman |
| 1995 | Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley |
| 1996 | Jason Robert Brown and Ray Leslee |
| 1998 | Robert Lindsay Nassif (author of Honky Tonk Highway & Ellior Ness in Cleveland). |
| 1999 | Doug Cohen and Polly Pen |
| 2000 | Kirsten Childs |
| 2001 | Andrew Lippa |
| 2003 | Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin |

## Other Winners

* Michael John LaChiusa
* Robert Lindsay Nassif
* Andrew Lippa

## Grants

The Foundation also gives out commendations of $1000–$5000. Previous winners include:

* Kirsten Childs
* Martin Sylvestri
* Joel Higgins
* John Bucchino
* David Evans
* Bill Russell (lyricist)
* Lynn Ahrens
* Stephen Flaherty
* Jonathan Larson
