The Greenfield Prize Award Dinner celebrated playwright and theater artist Aleshea Harris April 11 at Michael s On East.
Harris, who has written a number of acclaimed plays including Is God Is and What to Send Up When It Goes Down , was awarded this year with the Greenfield Prize that comes with a $30,000 commission to advance her writing and theatre career. Guests arrived for a cocktail hour before settling down for dinner. There they heard from Hermitage and Greenfield figures and then watched as Harris received her award.
Harry Sayer is the Black Tie Reporter for the Observer. He is a graduate of the University of Central Florida and previously worked the Black Tie beat for the Observer newspaper in Winter Park and Maitland. You can catch him at one of Sarasota s fundraisers and shindigs.