SONNY KATZ SCHOLARSHIP FUND AWARDS TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS FOR 2010 ANNOUNCED

A White Plains High School senior and a senior from Port Chester High School are recipients of the 2010 Sonny Katz Scholarship Fund Awards from the White Plains-based non-profit theater company Westco Productions. The awards are from a scholarship fund named in honor of the late Seymour “Sonny” Katz, who had been a founding member of Westco’s Board of Directors. Sonny was best known as the White Plains City Marshall for more than 35 years. He attended Port Chester High School.

Recipients of this year’s scholarship awards are Rachel Benjamin from White Plains and Taylor Quinn from Port Chester. The awards will be presented at Westco’s Annual Scholarship Awards Reception to be held this year on Sunday, June 13, 2010, at 11:00 a.m., in Westco’s rehearsal studio at the Arts Exchange Building, 31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains.

Rachel Benjamin appeared in numerous school plays, including the White Plains High School productions of “Damn Yankees” in which she portrayed Meg, and “Guys and Dolls” in which she had the part of Adelaide. She has been active in the Brewster Theater Company, appearing in “Ravenscroft” and “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.” She attended the New York State Summer School of the Arts Theater Arts Conservatory at SUNY New Paltz. Rachel plans to major in theater in college.

Taylor Quinn plans to study music and theater in college. She has been active in the Port Chester High School Drama Club, performing such shows as “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” “Cabaret,” and “Little Shop of Horrors.” She was in Pennywise Productions’ “Pippin” which was choreographed by previous Sonny Katz Scholarship Fund award recipient Sergio Marroquin. Taylor also performed in a number of the Port Chester Council for The Arts’ summer productions, including “The Wiz,” and “Grease.”

The Sonny Katz Scholarship Fund was established by Westco to benefit students who will be majoring in the performing arts in college. Westco is celebrating its 30 th season of providing quality entertainment for families and children.

For information on the scholarship fund, call Westco at (914) 761-7463. (www.westcoproductions.org).

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