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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 Wondrous Willa Kim: Costume Designs for Actors and Dancers’ Exhibit at the NY Public Library

Willa Kim, 1966. Photo © Jack Mitchell. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts celebrates the long and colorful career of costume designer Willa Kim in her first-ever major retrospective exhibition, The Wondrous Willa Kim: Costume Designs for Actors and Dancers. The exhibit just opened on February 23, 2023, at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Shelby Cullom Davis Museum, Vincent Astor Gallery located at Lincoln Center in NYC and will run through August 19, 2023.Read More »‘The Wondrous Willa Kim: Costume Designs for Actors and Dancers’ Exhibit at the NY Public Library

Focus Center Stage: 50 Years of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the NYPL

At the heart of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is a collection of video recordings which has documented and preserved theatre history, America’s diverse and expansive culture, and revolutionized theatre research. The Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT) has long been recognized as the first and foremost collection of video recorded live theatre performances in the world, and 2020 marked its 50th anniversary. The Library for the Performing Arts celebrates this landmark collection with an exhibition opening on July 14, 2022 (delayed due to the pandemic). Read More »Focus Center Stage: 50 Years of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the NYPL