Gloria Oladipo Receives Medina Prize for Cultural Criticism
The N.Y.-based reporter and critic is the second recipient of the award, which isgiven by the American Theatre Critics Association.
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The N.Y.-based reporter and critic is the second recipient of the award, which isgiven by the American Theatre Critics Association.
The honor, given annually to an alumnus of the foundation’s fellows program, comes with $10,000 support.
The new program will provide grants of of $65,000 to $130,000 to organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to equity.
The 10 playwrights will receive staged readings of their work and a $10,000 stipend.
The New Jersey theatre is developing new works by Scott Organ, Vincent Terrell Durham, Benjamin V. Marshall, and Melissa Toomey.
The songwriting duo’s musical ‘Ride’ will have its American premiere at the Old Globe next year.
The fellowship seeks to support a promising female or nonbinary actor of color and includes a $10,000 prize.
Her specialties have been performance theory, European theatre and cultural history, transformative aesthetics, and performances of Greek tragedies since 1800.
The new works grant is named in honor of founding artistic director Katherine Owens.
The 2 writers were honored at last week’s Dramatists Guild Foundation gala.