Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists.
In the News
- Micaela Diamond (2017 Theater) to star in the world premiere of The Seat of Our Pants at The Public Theater, featured in Broadway World
- Stephen Galloway (1985 Dance) interviewed by Creative Blood on the Art of Creative Movement
- Tobi LaCroix (2024, 2025 Voice) penned Pride Month essay, “Palatability as a Trans Person” for Atwood Magazine
- Gillian Murphy’s (1996 Dance) retirement from the American Ballet Theater highlighted in The New York Times
- Dominique Thorne (2015 Theater & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) highlighted in The New York Times ahead of Marvel’s Ironheart release
Kudos
- Tariq Al-Sabir (2011 Voice) featured on Blood Orange’s new song, “The Field”
- Yuniel Bentancourt (2023 Dance) hired by The Paul Taylor Dance Company
- Dusan Brown’s (2020 Film & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) short film, GO, has been selected for various film festivals and programs; watch the trailer on Vimeo
- Katrina Galka (2007 Theater & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) sang at Teatro alla Scala in the world premiere of Il nome della rosa
- Nikka Gershman’s (2023 Classical Music) transcription of Maurice Ravel’s orchestral work, “La valse,” for flute and piano was published by Theodore Presser
- Caroline Jacobson (2025 Voice) was named a CS Music Vocal Competition Winner and Schmidt Vocal Arts Competition National Finalist
- Julian Sol Jordan (2020 Film) created feature film, Real Life, available to watch on YouTube
- Vivian Kao (2024, 2025 Classical Music) selected as one of the winners of The Kennedy Center’s International Young Musicians Program
- Max Korman (2014 Design) acted in “Mixtape” video game, which recently premiered at the Tribeca Festival
- Christian Lee (2022 Photography) wins Lenscratch 2nd place Student Prize
- Oliviana Marie (2021 Voice) participated in the Johnny Mercer Foundation’s Songwriters Project in Nashville, TN
- Sophia Molina (2021 Classical Music) named one of the inaugural Young Artists for Festival Mozaic
- Ryan Roberts (2014 Classical Music) appointed next Principal Oboe and Carol Colburn Grigor Chair at Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Jean Shin (1990 Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Trustee) named a 2025-2026 AIRIE Fellow
- Meg Smith (2015 Voice) released music videos for her new songs “Girls Just Wanna Be Famous” and “Dive Bar Opera”
- Elaina Stuppler (2024 Classical Music, 2024, 2025 Voice) won the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for high school students
- Joseph Wood III (2013 Theater) booked a commercial for the UPS Store
On the Calendar
- Joshua Banbury (2013 Theater, Voice) presenting Yeshua in partnership with Fusebox, supported by YoungArts at King Bee in Austin, TX on August 2
- Raúl Esparza (1988 Theater) performing as Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA, August 1-3
- Tarell Alvin McCraney’s (1999 Theater) play, The Brothers Size, presented at The Shed in New York, NY, August 30-September 28
- Andrew Nemr (1997 Dance) debuting new work, Dark Night, in Boise, ID on August 8
- Anna Parker (2025 Writing) presenting her short play, Party Princess, at the 2025 CT Short Play Fest in South Norwalk, CT on August 2
- King Princess (2015 Voice) releasing new album, Girl Violence, on September 12
- Joy Sunday (2014 Film) starring in Wednesday Season 2 as siren Bianca Barclay, part 1 coming to Netflix on August 6
- joseph webb (1996 Dance & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) performing at NoMad Jazz Festival in collaboration with Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on August 9
- joseph webb (1996 Dance & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) and friends presents The Dance: Tap Dance, from Master Juba to Hip Hop in partnership with Prospect Park Alliance at Lefferts Historic House in Brooklyn, NY on August 10
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