Congrats to the Asian American DC area theatre artists who won Helen Hayes awards! Outstanding Set Design – Helen Natsu Onoda Power (set designer), Danny Carr (projection designer), The Lathe of Heaven, Spooky Action Theater and Georgetown University Outstanding Sound… Continue Reading
The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts is an unrestricted prize of $75,000 given annually to five risk-taking mid-career artists working in the fields of dance, film/video, music, theatre and the visual arts. Lloyd Suh wins this year’s award in… Continue Reading
And for Lighting Design, Asian American theatre artists DOMINATE. Outstanding Play Usual Girls by Ming Peiffer Outstanding Actress in a Play Midori Francis, Usual Girls Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Stephanie Hsu, Be More Chill Outstanding Director of a… Continue Reading
Seattle, WA: Late Night Dim Sum, in association with Pork Filled Productions and the University Heights Theatre Alliance, presents a staged reading of Small Journeys Before the Unbreakable Dawn, a new play by Preston Choi, Monday, May 20, at 7:30… Continue Reading
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announced the recipients of its 50th annual awards for distinguished achievement in theatre tonight at Pasadena Playhouse. Wenzel Jonespresided over the festivities, and Christopher Raymond served as music director. The Asian American theatre artists… Continue Reading
“Cambodian Rock Band” by Lauren Yee has been named the winner of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, recognizing playwrights for the best scripts that premiered professionally outside New York City during 2018. According to… Continue Reading
Nominations for the 34th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced this week and Asian American theatre garnered their share of nominations. A complete list and story are in Playbill, but the Asian American artists nabbing nominations include… Continue Reading
COSTA MESA, Calif. (March 15, 2019)—The next chapter of playwright Qui Nguyen’s story about his family history—Poor Yella Rednecks—is a raucously funny, deeply moving take on the immigrant story, told with his signature hip-hop and rap style. The play premieres… Continue Reading
American Theatre reports the Whiting Foundation has announced the 10 winners of the 2019 Whiting Awards, which were held on March 20 at the New York Historical Society. The winners spanned both the literary and theatre world. The winners in… Continue Reading
LONDON: The annual Windham-Campbell Prize for writers has been announced. In the drama category, Young Jean Lee was one of the playwrights recognized (Australian playwright Patricia Cornelius was the other play recipient). Each writer will received $165,000. The prize recognizes English-language… Continue Reading