Past Events
The Business Side of Theater: Creative Approaches to Diversifying Arts Organizations from the Stage to the Board of Directors
April 30, 2021
Our guest Debbie Chinn will discuss her trajectory from college to high profile positions such as Managing Director of Anna Deavere Smith's Pipeline Project, Girls, Cal Shakes, and CENTERSTAGE; Executive director of Carmel Bach Festival ad Opera Parallèle; membership on Boards of Directors at various institutions. Chinn will share her insights into the business side of the arts and her experiences on the successes and challenges of building diverse and inclusive organizations.
Putting the Middle East Center Stage
April 23, 2021
Originally from Iran, Torange Yeghiazarian, is the founding Artistic Director of Golden Thread Productions, one of the first Middle Eastern-focused theatre companies in the United States. She will share her journey from her beginnings as the daughter of an Iranian film star and Iranian military officer / night-club owner, to her immigration to the United States following the Iranian revolution, to creating Golden Thread Productions, and bringing theatre about the Middle East and by Middle Eastern and Middle Eastern American artists to stages in the United States. The theatre is celebrating its 25th anniversary. She is also a director and playwright and was also crucial in the founding of Middle East America: A National New Plays Initiative (MEA). She will share the program’s lasting impact and the future of Middle Eastern American theatre.
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Main Office
- Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- 509-527-5279
Harper Joy Box Office
- Monday - Friday: 12:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- 509-527-5180