Theatre Administrator: Joan Channick
The best way to follow her path-breaking lead, she says, is not to follow in her exact footsteps.
Category Archives: December 2019
Drag Queen: Darcelle XV
This 89-year-old Portlander tells how and why he became the world’s oldest living drag queen performer.
Lighting Designer: Allen Lee Hughes
The prolific artist has created around 400 designs in a career spanning five decades—and counting.
Costume Designer: Toni-Leslie James
Her students keep her young, she says, as she balances new jobs, Broadway productions, and regional work.
Activist Performer: Rhodessa Jones
The 70-year-old performer believes art should save lives, just as theatre saved hers.
Artistic Director: Donald Jordan
How the Oklahoma CityRep co-founder dreamt a theatre into being, and keeps it going.
Managing Director: Michael Maso
Despite enduring a few sleepless nights in his time, his approach has always been to focus on solving the problem that’s right in front of him.
Arts Administrator/Advisor/Consultant: Cynthia Mayeda
Mayeda brings her experience in development and arts administration to the 2050 Fellowship at the New York Theatre Workshop.
Movement Specialist: Sara Romersberger
Simplicity, specificity, and struggle have been the three watchwords of her approach to stage movement.
Artistic Director: Ron Sossi
Once feeling stranded in TV land, he cast out on his own and hasn’t looked back.
