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Shermona Mitchell and Teresa Thuman.<\/p>\n
SEATTLE:<\/strong> Sound Theatre Company<\/a> has introduced that Shermona Mitchell will start serving as the corporate\u2019s co-artistic director starting Jan. 1, 2023. Mitchell, the present affiliate creative director at Seattle Public Theater,<\/a> will serve alongside Sound Theatre\u2019s founding creative director, Teresa Thuman.<\/p>\n \u201cAs we head into the new year, I am thrilled about this extraordinary opportunity and am appreciative of the many ways Sound Theatre has continuously bolstered my artistic growth,\u201d mentioned Mitchell, who will step down as Sound Theatre\u2019s chair of the board to serve on this new function, in a press release. \u201cServing as board chair has been an invaluable opportunity for me as I look back on my time of being in service to artistic practitioners and uplifting artistic pathways.\u201d<\/p>\n Sound Theatre\u2019s board vice chairman Andrea Kovich will succeed Mitchell as chair of the board.<\/p>\n Mitchell first got here to Sound Theatre as an actor in \u2026And Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi<\/em>, a 2015 co-production with Brownbox Theatre. They obtained Gregory Awards for his or her performances in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot <\/em>in 2016 and Citizen: An American Lyric <\/em>in 2019, and served as a director for staged readings and an assistant director for productions. They have additionally tailored literary works for the stage with Book-It Repertory Theatre.<\/a> As the primary Black girl to function chair of the board, Mitchell established an artists\u2019 job drive and wrote Sound Theatre\u2019s new code of conduct. <\/p>\n Sound Theatre adopted a collective management mannequin in 2020 when Jay Woods was appointed co-artistic director. Woods is now serving because the affiliate creative director of artist engagement on the fifth Avenue Theatre.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThis past year without Jay revealed shared leadership\u2019s essential importance,\u201d Thuman mentioned in a press release. Returning to a shared management mannequin will \u201cformally vest Shermona with power to shape our organization\u2019s aesthetics and culture.\u201d<\/p>\n Sound Theatre Company strives to empower artists to provide voice to the dignity and variety of the human expertise and to maneuver audiences towards a extra simply and compassionate world. Founded in 2006, Sound Theatre has constructed a neighborhood of greater than 400 artists. As of 2021, the theatre had a funds of roughly $427,700.<\/p>\n