Kwame Kwei-Armah Named MTC Artistic Advisor
He will remain in his role as artistic director of the Young Vic in London while advising on MTC’s programming and future planning.
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He will remain in his role as artistic director of the Young Vic in London while advising on MTC’s programming and future planning.
Graduating senior Hunter Malvitz, who will receive a $500 scholarship, plans to attend UW-Eau Claire this fall to pursue a BMEd in music education with a choral emphasis.
The Tony-winning director will lead a week-long intensive for veteran actors Demetria Joyce Bailey, Anthony Fusco, Blake Hackler, Elizabeth Heflin, Bob Hess, Michael Manuel, Sandra Marquez, Zuhairah McGill, Lawrence Redmond, and Jomar Tagatac.
The first round of Great Adventure Grants for student theatre productions have gone to Denzel Washington School of the Arts, High Tech High School, and Pan American International High School.
New work by Danielle Levsky, Wojtek Rodak, and Andrew Kushnir will tell LGBTQ+ stories against the backdrop of upheavals in post-Soviet Eastern Europe.
This year’s winners include Darius de Haas, Michael Patrick Thornton, Alex Newell, Bonnie Milligan, Linda Lavin, and Francis Guinan.
At a recent ceremony, the Dramatists Guild presented awards to Marc Shaiman, Nissy Aya, Candrice Jones, Dave Harris, Iakowi:he’ne’ Oakes, the Brooklyn Public Library, and Friends of George’s.
The foundation’s first 4 grants have been awarded to projects by Ebony Road Players, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Brídín Clements Cotton, and Olivia Rose.
‘Some Like It Hot’ leads with 5 awards, followed by ‘Leopoldstadt’ with 3.
snem DeSellier, Yoni Light, and Dakota Blankenship will participate in a 7-month development program to provide time, financial support, and mentoring.