Reinvented Arts Congress Connects Legislators, Arts Organizations Through Online Meetings
The big-picture goal of the effort is to raise awareness and support for baseline funding in the state budget. by BWW News Desk
With its sights set on a $5 million allocation for the arts in the state s budget for Fiscal Year 21-22, Arizona Citizens for the Arts has reinvented the annual Arts Congress day of advocacy with online meetings with legislators and arts organizations across the state during the week of Feb. 22-26. We have been coordinating with 90 different legislators and dozens of arts organizations to set up meetings, said Arizona Citizens for the Arts Executive Director Joseph Benesh. We have lined up Zoom meetings for each of the state s 30 legislative districts. Most will be broadcast from a local arts organization with Arizona Citizens for the Arts hosting the technology. Arts organizations hosting the meetings will kick them off by sharing their stories.
Capital Repertory names four new associate artists
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ALBANY An actor, casting director and two stage directors have been named the latest class of associate artists for Capital Repertory Theatre.
Under the program, launched in 2018 and now in its third round, theater professionals of different disciplines who have a long history with The Rep are formally designated as associates and act as ambassadors for the company and work in advisory capacities with Producing Artistic Director Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill and Associate Artistic Director Margaret E. Hall.
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After a successful December outdoor holiday concert, Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota will return to its Terrace Stage for four more shows in February through May for a revised season that includes concerts with two-time Tony nominee Laura Osnes and “Evita” star Ana Isabelle and a new play about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.
Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards announced the new 2021 season in an online video presentation Wednesday afternoon. Several of the shows planned for the current season, including “Our Town,” Grand Horizons,” the world premiere of “Knoxville” and the new musical “Hood,” will be postponed until the 2021-22 season.
About two years ago, Kristine Kelly started planning a documentary about the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe that would mark the company’s 20 years of struggle and survival, culminating with the grand opening of its renovated theater building.
But documentary makers are trained to know that the stories they plan aren’t always the ones they end up telling.
“This Light of Mine,” a one-hour program that premieres on WEDU at 9 p.m. Thursday, features more than a dozen interviews as it traces the origins of the company founded by Artistic Director Nate Jacobs from a nomadic existence to one operating debt-free with two recently renovated buildings that are bought and paid for.