Carbonell Awards announces winners of Jack Zink Memorial Scholarships

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Carbonell Awards announces winners of Jack Zink Memorial Scholarships
Addison Doris Stone

Gary Schweikhart, board president of the Carbonell Awards, South Florida’s Theatre & Arts Honors, recentlty announced the three young winners of the 2023 Jack Zink Memorial Student Scholarships, including one from Miami-Dade County.

The selection of recipients is based on talent, experience and demonstrated commitment to the theater, with one winner from each of the three area counties.

“The Jack Zink Memorial Scholarships are awarded to graduating high school seniors who have achieved a minimum 2.5 GPA and are intending to enroll in college to pursue a degree in theater or journalism. Each of the three winners will receive $2,000 when they have enrolled in college,” said Javier Siut, a member of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, who co-chairs the Carbonell’s Scholarship Committee along with longtime Carbonell Judge Nancy Cohen.

With experience in both performance and production designer, the Miami-Dade winner, Addison Doris Stone, attends Coral Reef Senior High School. After roles with Area Stage Company (Aladdin, Fiddler on the Roof, Mary Poppins, Newsies), she expanded her theatrical participation to playwriting, producing, props, and design — sometimes working both on-stage and back-stage for the same shows (The Importance of Being Earnest, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), she won a Thespians award for scenic design for Animal Farm, and founded Singin’ for Smiles, an outreach program for senior citizens. Addison looks forward to continuing her theatrical training this fall at the University of Michigan.

The annual Carbonell scholarship is named for Jack Zink (1947-2008) who was a major voice in South Florida entertainment coverage for more than three decades. During his long career, he was employed as entertainment editor, columnist, critic and reporter at each of South Florida’s major newspapers —The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, The Miami Herald, The Palm Beach Post & Evening Times, and The Fort Lauderdale News. Zink was the founder and a past president of the Carbonell Awards, a past president of The American Theatre Critics Association, and during his lifetime was a recipient of both the Sun-Sentinel newspaper’s highest honor, The Fred Pettijohn Award, given annually to the publication’s top reporters, and South Florida’s George Abbott Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts.

The 46th annual Carbonell Awards Ceremony will be on Monday, Nov. 13, at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, at which all three of this year’s Jack Zink Scholarship recipients will be celebrated.

 

 

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