SAN FRANCISCO: Bilingual vocalist, songwriter, and dancer Angel Adedokun has been named the 2022 RHE Foundation Artistic Fellow by Theatre Bay Area. Adedokun, who will subsequent seem in Shotgun Players’ manufacturing of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, will probably be awarded $10,000 as a part of the fellowship, designed to propel the profession of a person feminine or non-binary actor of shade with a major funding that may launch them into the following steps of their profession.
“There are very few awards designed specifically to help women and non-binary actors of color advance their careers,” mentioned Theatre Bay Area’s government director, Sean Fenton, in a press release. “There are so many roadblocks for BIPOC actors. When we invest in promising talent, the whole theatre sector stands to win. TBA is excited to continue our partnership with RHE Charitable Foundation for this important award.”
Adedokun beforehand labored with the Latin firm MundoBeat Entertainment (Grupo Tumbao, Trio Con Paz, Almagama), and was featured as lead singer of the Indianapolis Ssalsa band Grupo Bembe. Angel’s debut EP, Love Always, Angel was launched in 2020. She is at the moment writing music for OasisTV in San Francisco and doing voiceover for Bay Area Children’s Theatre’s on-line platform, Play On!
This 12 months’s candidates included 9 people nominated by Bay Area-based skilled actors and administrators. The winner was chosen by a panel of completed ladies of shade. Previous RHE fellows embody Reggie D. White (2014), Sarita Ocón (2016), and Cindy Im (2018).
The eight different nominees for this 12 months’s award have been Sophia Alawi, Rolanda Bell, Katrina McGraw, Alicia M.P. Nelson, Aidaa Peerzada, Chanel Tilghman, Princess Washington, and Jasmine Milan Williams.
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