Tania El Khoury, Whitney White Win Alpert Awards for Theatre

AMERICAN THEATRE: The Herb Alpert Foundation has announced the winners of the 29th annual Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA). Administered by California Institute of the Arts, each award comes with an unrestricted prize of $75,000 and a residency at CalArts. It is given annually to risk-taking mid-career artists working in the fields of dance, film/video, music, theatre, and the visual arts. The 2023 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts winners include Ayodele Casel, and duo Makini (jumatatu m. poe) and Jermone Donte Beacham for dance, Christopher Harris and Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich for film, Erin Gee and Linda May Han Oh for music, Tania El Khoury and Whitney White for theatre, and American Artist and Park McArthur for visual arts. A virtual HAAIA awards celebration was held this afternoon.