title: Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation
text: # Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation
  
  Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation give awards to new songwriters and book writers. The foundation was created by American Theatre Wing Board Member, Sondra Gilman, and Texas Art Commissioner, Celso Gonzalez-Falla. The Musical Theatre Award is accompanied by a grant of $25,000. A number of smaller grants (between $1,000- $5,000) are also awarded at the ceremony. To qualify the "writers must have had at least one musical produced in either a commercial or a professional non-profit theatre in America."
  
  ## Previous Musical Theatre Award winners
  
  | Year | Winner(s) |
  | - | - |
  | 1991 | Craig Carnelia |
  | 1992 | Louis Rosen |
  | 1993 | Jeffrey Lunden and Arthur Perlman |
  | 1995 | Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley |
  | 1996 | Jason Robert Brown and Ray Leslee |
  | 1998 | Robert Lindsay Nassif (author of Honky Tonk Highway & Ellior Ness in Cleveland). |
  | 1999 | Doug Cohen and Polly Pen |
  | 2000 | Kirsten Childs |
  | 2001 | Andrew Lippa |
  | 2003 | Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin |
  
  ## Other Winners
  
  * Michael John LaChiusa
  * Robert Lindsay Nassif
  * Andrew Lippa
  
  ## Grants
  
  The Foundation also gives out commendations of $1000–$5000. Previous winners include:
  
  * Kirsten Childs
  * Martin Sylvestri
  * Joel Higgins
  * John Bucchino
  * David Evans
  * Bill Russell (lyricist)
  * Lynn Ahrens
  * Stephen Flaherty
  * Jonathan Larson
  