Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists.
In the News
- Ryan McCarten (2011 Theater & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) and Maria Wirries (2016 Theater) joining Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends on Broadway in 2025
- Shamel Pitts (2003 Dance) named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow
- Tyrell Rolle (2004 Dance) celebrates 10th Anniversary for Studio 305, home of The ROLLE Project
- Shaina Taub (2005 Theater) recognized in TIME100 Next 2024
Kudos
- Abigail Barlow (2016 Voice) and Emily Bear (2017 Classical Music, Jazz), composed music for Moana 2, in theaters on November 27
- Emily Drennan (1998 Voice & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) charted #1 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Chart as co-producer and choral master of Echoes of Grace: Choral Music of Patti Drennan
- Molly Horan (2008 Writing) releasing new young adult novel, Thanks for Listening, with HarperCollins Publishers and hosting launch event at Word Bookstore in Jersey City on November 19
- Andrew Nemr (1997 Dance) presented on kinesthetic empathy and apprenticeship at the 2024 Designing For Empathy Conference
- Sloane Simon (2021, 2022 Voice) performing as a contestant on NBC’s The Voice
On the Calendar
- Eric B. Anthony (1997 Theater) starring as Andre in Ain’t Misbehavin’ at Musical Theatre West in Long Beach, CA through November 3
- India Carney (2011 Theater, Voice & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) performing at the Sultan Room in Brooklyn, NY on November 11
- José Parlá (Board Trustee) opening solo exhibition, Homecoming, at Pérez Art Museum Miami on November 14
- Coralina Rodriguez Meyer (2000 Visual Arts) featured in Southern Survey Biennial II at Project Row Houses in Houston, TX on view through February 9
- Emilie Kealani Suarez (2016, 2017 Voice) presents KAPWA, a multi-disciplinary event celebrating Asian and AAPI artists, in Philadelphia, PA on November 15
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