Category Archives: Awards

Geva Theatre Center Announces Tenacious Women Commissions

Geva has commissioned 29 writers to pen works about historical women of Rochester.

Yussef El Guindi’s play ‘Refugee Rhapsody’ will receive a staged reading as part of the virtual 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Festival.

Autumn J. Mitchell, Jeremy Pesigan, and Citlali Pizarro will work in the Production, New Work, and Connectivity departments, respectively.

The annual award honors English-language writers from all over the world who are at any stage of their careers.

Bekah Brunstetter and Charly Evon Simpson will develop new works for the first @PLAY series.

This year’s awards were presented to the musicals ‘The Monster,’ ‘Oratorio for Living Things,’ and ‘TL;DR: Thelma Louis; Dyke Remix.’

David Clauson, Lindsay A. Jenkins, and Merlin Simard are awarded grants, with Clauson receiving the inaugural Innovation Grant.

The cohort includes Meg DeBoard, Yolanda Marie Franklin, Awoye Timpo, and Edward Torres.

The scholarship is aimed at helping to ease the financial burden of young dancers interested in moving to New York City.

This year’s award recognizes Benjamin Scheuer and team Melissa Li and Kit Yan.