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Masi Asare
Masi Asare is an assistant professor of theatre and performance studies at Northwestern University. She is a songwriter and dramatist, and also works as a performance scholar specializing in the study of race and vocal sound in musicals. A Tony-nominated lyricist, her work includes Paradise Square (Broadway, Chicago) and Monsoon Wedding (Off-Broadway, Doha). She has been commissioned by Theatre Royal Stratford East, the Lilly Awards and Marvel. Her scholarly book, Blues Mamas and Broadway Belters: Black Women, Voice, and the Musical Stage, is forthcoming from Duke University Press (2024). A past Dramatists Guild Fellow and Kaplan Institute for the Humanities Fellow, honours include the Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award for a woman composer of musicals, a grant from the Theater Hall of Fame and inclusion on the ‘Women to Watch on Broadway’ list. She has published with Concord Theatricals, the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, Journal of Popular Music Studies, TDR, The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre and Performance Matters.
Contact: Department of Theatre, Northwestern University, Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, 70 Arts Circle Drive, Fifth Floor, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.