The AMAZING GRACE AWARDS were created to honor men and women who
help to promote 3Graces’ mission of promoting the power of women’s stories

2005 Amazing Grace Award Recipients

Shirley Lauro

Margot Stevenson

Bottomless Closet/Donna McGill

2006 Amazing Grace Award Recipients

Ellen T. Arthur

Seret Scott

The St. Lukes-Roosevelt Crime Victims Treatment Center and director Susan Xenarios  

MARGOT STEVENSON began her career in Katherine Cornell's last great tour of the US, playing Bella Hedley in The Barretts of Wimpole Street, a part she also played on Broadway. She understudied Margaret Sullivan in Stage Door and went on to play the original Alice Sycamore in You Can't Take It With You. Her Broadway credits include A Party with Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Venus Observed directed by Laurence Olivier, and The Rugged Path starring Spencer Tracy. She has also appeared in several national tours and in London's West End, where she starred in The Seven Year Itch and Sweet Peril. Among her many radio credits, Ms. Stevenson played Margo Lane in The Shadow opposite Orson Welles. More recently, Ms. Stevenson has been active in regional theatres including GeVa, Syracuse Stage, and Hartford Stage. Off- and Off-Off- Broadway, she has done readings and workshops for Ensemble Studio Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club and Hudson Guild Theatre. Playing Tireseus in Traveling Light's production of The Bacchae at the first FringeNYC marked the third time Miss Stevenson acted with her daughter, 3Graces company member Margot Avery. 3Graces is delighted to honor Ms. Stevenson for her lifetime of accomplishments in the arts, and as an inspiration to the entire company and women artists everywhere. (top)

BOTTOMLESS CLOSET is a not-for-profit organization created to promote economic self-sufficiency by providing interview skills, business clothing, and ongoing career development and support programs to New York City women on public assistance and other economically disadvantaged women. By enhancing their self-confidence and self-sufficiency, Bottomless Closet enables these women to enter and succeed in the workforce and transform the vision for their lives. Bottomless Closet serves nearly 1,000 women in the New York City area each year with one-on-one workshops and events for job seekers and employed women, all of which are free of charge. Donna McGill is its Executive Director. 3Graces is pleased to honor this amazing organization for their diligent good work, both with an Amazing Grace Award and by donating proceeds of upcoming performances to Bottomless Closet. www.BottomlessClosetNYC.org  (top)

ELLEN T. ARTHUR has more than twenty years experience with securities, hedge funds, banking, among other areas of business expertise.  As the Director of Sales and Marketing for Lexolution, LLC, she helps to shepherd attorneys and paralegals as they begin new journeys.  An avid athlete – Ms. Arthur has completed three New York City marathons – she is also a docent at Gracie Mansion Conservancy and a devoted volunteer at numerous schools (University of Pennsylvania, Hofstra University School of Law, The Hewitt School, The Browning School) and with UJA and City of Hope.  3Graces honors Ms. Arthur in recognition of her generous support of numerous NYC organizations, as well as her commitment to nurturing the beginning of 3Graces' story as an emerging women’s organization by setting up relationships for 3Graces with experienced business professionals and her stalwart belief in the abilities of the company. (top)

SERET SCOTT  A director and actor, Ms. Scott is an Associate Artist at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre where she has directed more than ten productions, including the world premiere of Knowing Cairo and a new adaptation of The Trojan Women.  Other Off-Broadway and regional work includes Birdie Blue at Second Stage Company and productions at Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Yale Rep, Long Wharf Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre, South Coast Rep, ACT-SF, Vivo Flamenco, Ford’s Theater, Studio Arena Theatre, Center Stage, Alley Theatre, Indiana Rep, New Mexico Rep, Actor's Theatre of Louisville, Alliance Theatre, and others.  She has received directing nominations from the Beverly Hills NAACP, Helen Hayes Committee, Connecticut Critics Circle, and the Audelcos.  As an actress. Ms. Scott performed in the Broadway production of For Colored Girls… and in My Sister, My Sister, for which she received a Drama Desk Award.  3Graces honors Ms. Scott for the powerful message that her artistic journey sends to both artists and audiences, and the incredible example, support and guidance that she provides to the company.

THE ST. LUKES-ROOSEVELT CRIME VICTIMS TREATMENT CENTER and director SUSAN XENARIOS SCOTT  Established in 1977, the Crime Victims Treatment Center (CVTC) of St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital is now the largest and most comprehensive hospital-based victim assistance program in New York State. CVTC has provided a model for other health care institutions in the United States and around the world in the respectful treatment of survivors of family and intimate partner violence, sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse, and other forms of violence and crime. CVTC’s mission is to empower survivors of violence through:  

• Treatment: providing compassionate clinical and supportive services which are accessible to victims of crime and to their loved ones without regard to residence or ability to pay;

• Collaboration: developing innovative collaborations in order to expand resources and options, bridge service gaps, and promote integrated responses to the needs of crime victims;

• Education: providing trainings on violence prevention and effective treatment of survivors of violence to schools, law enforcement, other health care professionals and the community at large;

• Research: developing and implementing research initiatives to increase understanding of the complex social and psychological consequences of violence for victims and for society and to identify best practice models. 

Susan Xenarios, founder and Director of the Crime Victims Treatment Center, is also Co-Chairperson for the Downstate Coalition for Crime Victims and the Manhattan Task Force against Sexual Assault and presently serves on the Advisory Council for the NYS Crime Victims Board, the NYS DOH Rape Crisis Advisory Executive Council, The NYS Attorney General's Advisory for Crime Victims, NYS Coalitions Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, the Mayor’s Advisory Task Force on Domestic Violence and a member of the Board of Directors of NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault.  3Graces honors CVTC and Susan Xenarios for their commitment to the respectful treatment of the survivors of violence and crime and for empowering survivors to continue their life stories.