Whitney Bashor and Steven Boyer Win Actors' Equity Foundation's 2014 Clarence Derwent Award
By: Nicole Rosky May. 06, 2014
The 2014 Clarence Derwent Award for most promising female and male performers on the New York metropolitan scene has gone to Whitney Bashor and Steven Boyer. The announcement was made by Arne Gundersen, president of the Actors' Equity Foundation, which administers the award.
Whitney Bashor was recognized for her Broadway debut in The Bridges of Madison County, in which she played dual roles and also understudies Kelli O'Hara. Off-Broadway she has appeared in The Fantasticks. Regional credits include performances at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Goodspeed, Dallas Theatre Center and the Kennedy Center. On TV, she has appeared in HBO's Boardwalk Empire and ABC's All My Children.(Read BWW's exclusive 'Debut of the Month' interview with Bashor here)
Steven Boyer was cited for his performance in Off-Broadway's Hand to God presented by MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, following a run at the Ensemble Studio Theatre. He also received a Lucille Lortel Award for this performance. Mr. Boyer plays "Jason," a meek teenager, as well as violent puppet, named "Tyrone." The New York Times hailed his performance, saying "First honors must go to Mr. Boyer, who truly gives two distinct performances-one all bewildered innocence, the other pure beastly vulgarity-as Jason and Tyrone." Mr. Boyer previously had worked with puppets inJollyship the Whiz-Bang, a 2008 Ars Nova production. A 2001 graduate of the Juilliard School, Mr. Boyer almost immediately was cast in I'm Not Rappaport on Broadway.Videos