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Best Supporting Actress - 2011

Elvire Emanuelle
 Who is Elvire Emanuelle? The young Virginia Commonwealth University grad who studied acting with Richard Zavaglia stunned audiences at the Women's Theatre Project, more than holding her own against South Florida acting heavyweights such as Lela Elam and Karen Stephens. Set against the ruthless backdrop of Liberian civil war, Emanuelle portrayed a 15-year-old captive - the initially helpless fourth "wife" of a rebel officer - who develops the capacity to kill, over the play's grim and exhausting duration. Her character is the crux of the play's unsettling commentary on the human capacity for violence, and her transformation brings the playwright's frightening ideas to vivid fruition.

The Women's Theatre Project is proud to announce the following winners of South Florida's SILVER PALM AWARDS. 

Karen Stephens for her work in Bridge & Tunnel and Eclipsed at The Women's Theatre Project and Clybourne Park at the Caldwell Theatre Company.

Honored in the outstanding new talent category are Renata Eastlick for Kiss of the Spiderwoman at Slow Burn Theatre and Eclipsed at The Women's Theatre Project.

And Elvire Emanuelle for Eclipsed at The Women's Theatre Project.

And lastly, our President and Producer, Meredith Lasher, will receive the Remy Award (Pioneer Award) for her work as the former president of the Theatre League of South Florida.

The Silver Palm Awards was founded 4 years ago by playwright Tony Finstrom, TV host and actress Iris Acker, and critic Ron Levitt.