ArtsWave Honors Rosa F. & Samuel B. Sachs Fund Prize Recipient D. Lynn Meyers

The Rosa F. and Samuel B. Sachs Fund Prize was first awarded in 1929. It was provided for in the will of the late Samuel B. Sachs to honor outstanding accomplishments in the arts— inclusive of visual arts, music, theatre, dance, literature, sculpture and architecture—and to honor local, regional, national and international artists who have made an outstanding contribution to the cultural life of the Greater Cincinnati Region.

5:00 – 7:00 p.m. cocktail reception with program at 5:30 p.m.

Please RSVP by March 11, 2019.

D. Lynn Meyers (Director) is in her 23rd season as the Producing Artistic Director of Ensemble Theatre, where she has directed over 80 world and regional premieres, including The Legend of Georgia McBride, Hands on a Hardbody, Detroit ’67, I Am My Own Wife, Next to Normal, and recently the world premieres of Cinderella, After Ever After, James and Annie, and The Dancing Princesses. She has directed Off-Broadway at the York Theatre with Marsha Norman’s Traveler in the Dark and James McClure’s Max and Maxie. Lynn has directed extensively throughout the US and Canada and began her career as the Associate Artistic Director at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. In addition to her directing work, she is a member of the Casting Society of America, having cast for PBS, CBS, BBC, HBO, MTM, Paramount, and MGM. Lynn’s favorite feature credits include serving as Location Casting Director for The Shawshank Redemption and recently Carol, Miles Ahead, The Goat, and The Public and currently Dry Run. Lynn was a named one of four finalists for the Zelda Fichandler National Award in 2011 and is a past recipient of the YWCA Career Woman of Achievement Award.