LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE NOMINATED FOR NINE NAACP THEATRE AWARDS!
Production of CONSTANT STAR receives nominations in the categories of Best Producer, Best Director, Best Ensemble, Best Playwright and more!
Laguna Beach, CA - January 19, 2006 - The Laguna Playhouse has been honored by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) with nine NAACP Theatre Award nominations for the company’s much-acclaimed production of Constant Star – including Best Producer (Laguna Playhouse), Best Director (Tazewell Thompson), Best Director of a Musical (Tazewell Thompson), Best Ensemble Cast, Best Music Director (Dianne Adams McDowell), Best Playwright (Tazewell Thompson), Best Set Design (Donald Eastman), Best Sound (Fabian Obispo) and Best Costumes (Merrily Murray-Walsh). The awards will be presented at a ceremony on February 20 at the DGA Theatre in West Hollywood.
“This is an extraordinary acknowledgment of a production we were all very proud to produce last season at The Laguna Playhouse. We thank the NAACP and the voters who came to Laguna to see this show and on behalf of our board, subscribers and audiences, we are deeply honored by this recognition,” comments Richard Stein, Executive Director of The Laguna Playhouse.
The NAACP Theatre Awards recognize distinction among theatre artists throughout Southern California in a number of artistic and technical categories. The theme for this year’s gala is “A Patchwork of Excellence in Black Theatre,” commemorating sixteen years of theatrical tradition. The Awards Gala will be hosted at the DGA Theatre in West Hollywood.
The Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP founded the Theatre Awards as a means of commitment to the promotion of theatre in Southern California, providing acknowledgment and honor to those pioneers who laid the foundation, to those trailblazers who continue to recreate and invigorate theatre and those performers who bring theatre to life. The NAACP, organized in l904 to respond to racial discrimination and injustice, is known worldwide as an advocacy group for the civil rights of African Americans. The Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP has long supported the arts and their importance in addressing educational, economic development, and social issues.
Now playing at The Laguna Playhouse is the critically acclaimed Orange County premiere production of 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS, written by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt and starring Richard Carsey and Tom Frey which continues at the Playhouse through Sunday, February 5.
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