Richard Johnson hands out
programs as guests enter the Sherwood Auditorium for the
ceremony. |
La Jolla Playhouse
leaders Chris Ashley and Michael Rosenberg settle in for
the show. |
A near-capacity crowd
fills the 500-seat Sherwood Auditorium as the show gets
ready to begin. |
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San Diego Reader critic
Jeff Smith kicks off the program telling guests that the
awards' namesake, 94-year-old Craig Noel, was too ill to
attend the ceremony for the first time in eight years.
Then, he announced the first award, a Lifetime
Achievement Award for veteran San Diego actor/teacher DJ
Sullivan. |
  
A 5-minute film by Joe
Solazza, left, chronicled DJ's acting career from "cry
and die" roles at the Old Globe (shown) to the cult
classic "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" films. Center, a
visibly delighted DJ takes the stage to a prolonged
standing ovation, right. |
DJ Sullivan graciously
accepts the honor and talks about how her family flew in
from all over to attend the ceremony. |
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Jeff Smith says
half the crowd there that night had been taught by DJ
and the other half stole from them. |
