Lehman Stages and the Theatre and Dance Programs at Lehman present The Working Artists Series
Lehman Stages and the Theatre and Dance Programs at Lehman College present a virtual speaker series this spring for the students of the Theatre and Dance programs and the Lehman College community. The focus of the series is to get some dialogue going about what it means to be a working artist today, how you get there – how you stay there – dialogue generated by artists of color – men and women – designers, performers and writers, artists whose work reflects the student’s lives with respect and dignity.
Stephen Adly Guirgis graduated from University at Albany - SUNY. He is a former Co-Artistic Director of LAByrinth Theatre Company in New York City and educator in New York City area prisons, schools, shelters, and hospitals for conflict resolution and HIV/AIDS prevention. Guirgis's plays have been performed throughoug the US and across 5 continents. He won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Between Riverside and Crazy. Awards include: the Lucille Lortel Award, the PEN/Laura Pels Award, the Yale Wyndham-Campbell Prize, The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Award, Whiting Award, TCG fellowship, Fringe First Award, NY Drama Critics Circle, and the L.A. Drama Critics Prize. He is also an actor and has appeared in theater, film, and television.