Playwright Aleshea Harris Celebrated At Hermitage Greenfield Prize Award Dinner
More than 130 guests gathered during a socially distanced evening to celebrate the winner of the 2021 Hermitage Greenfield Prize at Michael s On East in Sarasota.by BWW News Desk
More than 130 guests gathered to celebrate playwright Aleshea Harris, the winner of the 2021 Hermitage Greenfield Prize, on Sunday, April 11, at the annual Prize Dinner at Michael s On East in Sarasota.
The event had been moved earlier that day from its original outdoor setting at The Ringling s Ca d Zan due to inclement weather. The festive evening was chaired by Ellen Berman and Flora Major. Andy Sandberg, Artistic Director and CEO of the Hermitage, served as master of ceremonies.
TheatreSquared presents, in a brand-new production, the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway comedy, School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh streaming online January 20.
Winner of the 2018 Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, in School Girls, the nasty-teen comedy genre emerges wonderfully refreshed and even deepened by its immersion in a world it never considered (CRITICS PICK-The New York Times). It s 1986, and Paulina is the reigning queen bee at Ghana s most exclusive boarding school, and has her sights set on the Miss Global Universe pageant. But the arrival of Ericka, a new student from Ohio with undeniable talent and beauty, captures the attention of the pageant recruiter-and Paulina s hive-minded friends. This buoyant and biting new comedy, twice extended in its acclaimed New York debut, is sweeping the nation s stages, and has become a cultural phenomenon.
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TheatreSquared presents, in a brand-new production, the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway comedy, School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh streaming online January 20.
Winner of the 2018 Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, in School Girls, “the nasty-teen comedy genre emerges wonderfully refreshed and even deepened by its immersion in a world it never considered” (CRITICS’ PICK-The New York Times). It’s 1986, and Paulina is the reigning queen bee at Ghana’s most exclusive boarding school, and has her sights set on the Miss Global Universe pageant. But the arrival of Ericka, a new student from Ohio with undeniable talent and beauty, captures the attention of the pageant recruiter-and Paulina’s hive-minded friends. This buoyant and biting new comedy, twice extended in its acclaimed New York debut, is sweeping the nation’s stages, and has become a cultural phenomenon.
Playwright Aleshea Harris Awarded 2021 Hermitage Greenfield Prize
The Hermitage Artist Retreat (Andy Sandberg, Artistic Director and CEO), in collaboration with the Greenfield Foundation, has selected OBIE-winning playwright Aleshea Harris as the winner of the 2021 Hermitage Greenfield Prize, given this year in the artistic discipline of theater. Harris will receive a six-week residency at the Hermitage and a $30,000 commission for a new work, which will have its first public presentation in Sarasota in 2023 in collaboration with the Hermitage’s presenting partner, Asolo Repertory Theatre (Michael Donald Edwards, Producing Artistic Director).
The Hermitage’s Artistic Director Andy Sandberg notes that Harris was selected by a distinguished jury that included jury chair Mandy Greenfield1, a member of the Hermitage Curatorial Council and the Artistic Director of Williamstown Theater Festival (Massachussetts); Nataki Garrett, the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival