THE SILVER PALM AWARDS PRESENTS THE FINSTROM FOLLIES ON SEPTEMBER 23rd, 2024!
A Fund-Raising Event Benefiting the Silver Palm Awards.
The Finstrom Follies will be presented at Island City Stage in Wilton Manors on Monday, September 23rd at 7PM. The event will include musical numbers and a video presentation, along with a raffle. The evening will culminate with the announcement of this year’s Silver Palm Award honorees.
“We couldn’t be more excited to add a new element to the Silver Palm Awards this year, with this honoree announcement event. Tony Finstrom loved bringing people together to celebrate each other and our amazing community and I can’t imagine a more fun way to kick off awards season!,” says Sandi Stock, Managing Director of the Silver Palm Awards.
Performing at the event will be some of South Florida’s top talent, presenting songs from the previous theater season. Raffle prizes include season tickets to local theaters, dinners at regional restaurants and spa treatments. A video presentation reviewing the History of South Florida Theater written and narrated by legendary South Florida theater critic Christine Dolen will be shown. All of this will lead up to the announcement of the 2024 Silver Palm Honorees. The Silver Palms Awards are presented each year to celebrate outstanding work of theater artists who live in South Florida. The celebration will continue after the presentation with free wine. Tickets to the event are $26 and can be obtained at http://www.silverpalmawards.
The actual Silver Palm Awards will be presented on October 21, 2024, at a venue to be announced. The Awards are sponsored by the Tony Finstrom Fund at Our Fund. Support for the event is also provided by Mark Traverso and Conor Walton.
The Finstrom Follies were created to help underwrite mounting costs of presenting the Silver Palm Awards every year.
Specific performers and raffle items will be announced at a later date.
The follies are named after beloved South Florida playwright and arts patron Tony Finstrom, who was a long- time Carbonell Award judge and founder of the Silver Palm Awards. The author of numerous plays, Finstrom was the recipient of various honors including the Charlie Cinnamon Award and the South Florida Theatre League’s Remy Pioneer Award. Mr. Finstrom passed away in December 2018.
