On Sunday, August 30 the Memphis Theater Community will celebrate the best of the 2008-’09 season and raise a toast to actor/director, and recently retired University of Memphis theater professor Joanna “Josie” Helming when she receives the Eugart Yerian Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 26th annual Ostrander Awards. Helming was recruited to do her graduate studies in Memphis by Keith Kennedy, who founded the U of M’s Department of Theatre & Dance. She finished her MA in 1967 and became cornerstone of the U of M’s performance faculty.
Now, without much ado, here are the nominees for this year’s Ostrander awards…
Pictured: Josie Helming in Candida
Arrow Rock Lyceum, 1973