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Valerie Curtis-Newton is an American artistic director.[1] Newton is head of Performance – Acting and Directing at the University of Washington School of Drama and Artistic Director for The Hansberry Project.[2]
Recognition edit
Her awards include:
- 2012 Gypsy Award for Excellence in Direction;[3]
- 2014, the Stranger Genius Awards[4] in Performance and the Crosscut Courage Award for Culture;[5][6]
- 2016, The Seattle Times Footlight Award[7] for ‘Best in Show’
- 2017 the Artist Trust Innovator Award in 2017.[8]
Her fellowships include:
References edit
- ^ "Valerie Curtis-Newton | School of Drama | University of Washington". drama.washington.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ "The Hansberry Project". The Hansberry Project. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ Baker, Michael van (2012-02-01). "Seattle Theatre is Big Winner in New Gypsy Rose Lee Awards". The SunBreak. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ Oct 22, Brendan Kiley •; Am, 2014 at 11:00. "2014 Stranger Theater Genius Valerie Curtis-Newton". The Stranger. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Bruno, Mary. "Meet Crosscut's Courage Award Winner in Culture". crosscut.com. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ "Valerie Curtis-Newton Awarded Crosscut's Courage Award in Culture | School of Drama | University of Washington". drama.washington.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ "Footlight Awards 2016, honoring the best in local theater". The Seattle Times. 2016-12-30. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ "Professor Valerie Curtis-Newton Awarded Artist Trust's Innovator Award| School of Drama| University of Washington". drama.washington.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ "Valerie Curtis-Newton". HowlRound Theatre Commons. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ Hedgebrook (2015-11-04). "Valerie Curtis-Newton: Women Authoring Change". hedgebrook.org. Retrieved 2019-02-10.