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Eric Ting remembers the chill that passed through the room when someone coughed during the California Shakespeare Theater gala in March of last year. The annual fundraising event essential to the theater’s $5 million budget was celebrating a turning point for the 47-year-old company, where Ting became artistic director in 2015: He would announce that Cal Shakes was planning to move its offices and shop from Berkeley to downtown Oakland, showing that “where we make our home reflects our priorities,” and he would describe ways the company would be collaborating with community partners. “It was kind of a seminal moment,” Ting says.1
How Keli Goff s Latest Venture Normalizes The Glorious World Of Crowns, Kinks, And Curls
The journalist and screenwriter is using her work experience to reveal how hair affects the lives and careers of Black women in a new play.
Keli Goff is bringing
The Glorious World of Crowns, Kinks and Curls to the Baltimore Center Stage. The journalist, screenwriter, and playwright is using her work experience to reveal how hair affects the lives and careers of Black women.
“My career was spent doing cable news appearances, especially during the Obama era,” Goff tells ESSENCE. “Hair and your makeup become a big part of your life, a much bigger part than I had ever planned.”
Michael Ross. Photo courtesy of Baltimore Center Stage.
Michael Ross will retire from his role as Managing Director of Baltimore Center Stage at the end of June, the theater’s Board of Trustees announced today.
Artistic Director Stephanie Ybarra will continue to lead the theater while the Board and staff explore long-term leadership models. BCS expects to announce these plans in the fall. The Board of Trustees and staff of Baltimore Center Stage, and many in the Baltimore and national arts and culture community, have expressed gratitude for Michael’s significant contributions over a combined 11 years of leadership of the theater.
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