For Court Theatre executive director Angel Ysaguirre, the magic of the stage exists in the actors’ ability to connect with the audience—to see their smiles and their tears, and to hear their laughter, gasps and applause.
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In 2015 actor Katlyn Carlson, AB’05, got an email from her agent about an audition for a new musical. The message described high school queen bee Chloe Valentine as “self-absorbed, crass, sexy, manipulative, and hilarious in her disregard for others.” Carlson’s reaction? “Sign me up.”
She didn’t know she was embarking on a project that would make her (as best she knows) the first person from her hometown of Eureka, Missouri, to perform on Broadway.
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The Guggenheim Fellowship recognizes those with significant prior accomplishment and exceptional potential. We reached out to Professor Patrick Jagoda, an awardee in the arts field, to hear more about his work and plans for the Fellowship.
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We sat down with Ron O.J. Parson and Aaron Mays to hear more about the Spotlight Reading Series at Court Theatre, a citywide program that connects the Court’s theatrical resources with community partners to present classic plays by writers of color.
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