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The Stage Managers’ Association (SMA) presented its annual Del Hughes Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Stage Management at the National Opera Center’s Marc A. Scorca Hall in NYC.

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The Tony Awards Administration Committee presented the 2024 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to five outstanding contributors to the Broadway industry. The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, PA, meanwhile, received the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award.

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‘Aladdin’ Celebrates 10th Anniversary; Growing Union Movement Off-Broadway; William Gorlin the 2024 Backstage Legends and Masters Award Honoree; and SMA Adds Two Board Members

Stage Directions Callboard

‘Wicked’ celebrates its 20th anniversary on Broadway and the Stage Managers’ Association (SMA) presents its annual Del Hughes Awards for Lifetime Achievement in stage management.

Stage Directions Callboard

Jill BC Du Boff and Mikah Berky Join Yale Faculty, USITT: Applications Open for SMMP, and The 1/52 Project: $88,000 in Grants Announced.

Stage Directions Callboard, June 2023

The Howell Binkley Fellowship Program announced their third Fellow for 2023, Amara McNeil; and a 2023 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre will be presented to Production Supervisor and Production Stage Manager Lisa Dawn Cave. We also look at the Tony design nominations and present the news of appointments and promotions at the Washington National Opera (WNO).

The Callboard: May 2023

Meet the winner of this year’s recipient of the Burry Fredrik Design Fellowship, scenic designer Marcelo Martínez Garcia. We have a recap of the ASTC – USITT Venue Renovation Challenge presentations by four teams and the winners of the Edgar L. Lustig Award and the USITT Director’s Award at the recent USITT convention. The Fusion Studio for Entertainment and Engineering has announced plans and opened registration for its Symposium on Education in Entertainment and Engineering in July at Purdue University. Plus, we have all the information on applying for the Vectorworks Design Scholarship. 

Willa Kim Scholarship & Exhibition; News from Perdue and USITT

The Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has announced the recipients of 2023 The Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship, honoring costume designer Willa Kim’s legacy and her life’s work as a pioneer, legend, and inspiration for many of today’s theater artists. Kim’s iconic work in ballet, theater, opera, and television is also the subject of a career spanning retrospective at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts as noted in this month’s theater news, along with a new online course in Structures for the Stage from Purdue University. We also look at USITT’s Gateway Program and USITT’s 2023 Joel E. Rubin Founders Award honoree, Elynmarie Kazle.

The Callboard: Remembering Eugene Lee; Honoring Bill Mesching; Cody Renard Richard Scholarships; Actors Equity Name Change; New USITT Executive Director

Stage Directions Callboard: We mark the passing of the iconic designer Eugene Lee, celebrate the naming of William M. (Bill) Mensching as the recipient of the Broadway Technical Backstage Legends and Masters Award, and bring readers a round-up of the latest theater news including the Cody Renard Richard Scholarship Program and USITT’s new Executive Director, Laura Lee Everett.