05/24/2024
Barbara Litwak: 2024 Carole Taran Award Winner for Excellence in Performing Arts
"Remarkable, invaluable, masterful, fearless” are amongst the descriptions of Barbara Litwak’s achievement as an artist and as a leader, as set forth in her nomination for the Carole Taran Award. “Barbara’s talent and ability to embrace new opportunities has been pivotal to her success in our theatre program and as an International Baccalaureate student”, said Miami Beach Senior High School’s Fine Arts Chair and Theatre teacher Annie Loffredo.
“Her achievement and dedication to growing and evolving as a performer and director has led to her admission at Emerson University, where she will major in fine arts education and continue her exciting path of success.”
1308 Productions demonstrates its appreciation for the outstanding performing arts and music education programs at Miami Beach Senior High School by providing scholarships for students and recognition for outstanding educators. Music education and performing arts are essential components of enriching the lives of the participants and audiences, and we congratulate all those who change lives for the better through music and the arts. Since 2013, one of our key aspects of support has been the "Carole Awards". The non-profit organization has also presented Bob Novack Music Awards continuously since 1997 at Bay Harbor K-8 and Nautilus Middle School.
Hundreds of students, friends, educators, and parents attended the Awards Ceremony at the MBSHS Auditorium on May 23, 2024, which included presentation of the 2024 Carole Taran Award for Excellence in Performing Arts. Attorney Paul Novack, Carole’s brother, represented awards sponsor 1308 Productions in presenting the "Carole Award" to the school’s most outstanding student in the performing arts.
The Carole Taran Award for Excellence in Performing Arts is a memorial for a great singer, dancer, actress, and producer, who got her own start at Miami Beach Senior High. Carole was active in music and performance throughout her high school years, performing in all of the school’s plays, events and productions.
Carole Taran went on to a career in entertainment that spanned over five decades. Carole was an Atlantic Records recording artist and performed throughout the country and internationally. She led the trend setting events production company Adam Productions. Carole Taran passed away in 2013.
1308 Productions congratulates Barbara Litwak on the "Carole Award", on the acclaim from her faculty, and on her talent. She received the Carole Award, a $500 scholarship check from 1308 Productions, and her name is being inscribed on a perpetual plaque on display at the school. Barbara Litwak joins a prestigious group of students who have been honored in memory of Carole Taran as a boost to the launch of their lives and careers. Good luck Barbara!
Miami Beach Senior High School PTSA
Miami Beach Senior High Alumni
