WILL AWARDS

March 4 · Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium

PHOTOS BY KYLE SAMPERTON

THE EVENT: A Love's Labor's Lost inspired the gala for the 20th annual Will Awards, benefi ting The Shakespeare Theatre Company Free For All program, which provides the city with two weeks of free theater.

THE SCENE: Past recipients of the Will Award include Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Dame Judi Dench, Fiona Shaw, Ralph Fiennes and Lynn Redgrave, but this year the company honored its own including: Avery Brooks, Patrick Page, and Geraint Wyn Davies. Michael Kahn said, "Over the past 20 years, I have had the great fortune to work with these 15 supremely talented individuals. They are some of the most gifted artists working [today], and they are the foundation on which the Shakespeare Theatre Company was built." Co-chairs Kathleen and Chris Matthews and Maureen and Bill Torgerson helped to raise over $543,000.

THE GUESTS: Honorary patrons British Amb. Sir David and Lady Manning, Mandy Ourisman, Kay Kendall, Catherine Reynolds and Bill and Ann Nitze.

Katherine Hill and Andrew Long	Annette Shelby, Lady Booth Olson, Ted Olson with Sen. Richard Shelby

Sitar players performed as part of the Love's Labor's Lost theme	Nicholas Goldsborough, Lucky Roosevelt and Mandy Ourisman

Co-chairs Maureen and Bill Torgerson	Lady Manning and British Amb. Sir David Manning

John Hill and Landon Butler	Chris Matthews, Catherine Corman, Paul Pelosi Jr. and Rep. Edward Markey

Avery Brooks and Michael Kahn	Deborah Royster and Robert Malson

Mercedes and Giuseppe Cecchi	Andrea and Enrico Cecchi