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Masi Asare
Masi Asare is an associate professor of theatre and performance studies at Northwestern University. She is a Tony-nominated songwriter whose work includes Paradise Square (Broadway, Chicago), Monsoon Wedding (Off-Broadway, Delhi, Doha) and Odyssey (SF Bay Area, national tour). As a composer and dramatist, she has been commissioned by Theatre Royal Stratford East, the Lilly Awards and Marvel. Her voice students have performed on Broadway and worldwide. Her scholarly book Blues Mamas and Broadway Belters: Black Women, Voice, and the Musical Stage (2024) is published by Duke University Press, where it won the Scholars of Color First Book Award. A past Dramatists Guild fellow and Kaplan Institute for the Humanities fellow, her honours include the 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 in the Journal of Popular Music Studies, TDR, The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre and Performance Matters.
Contact: Department of Theatre, Northwestern University, 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
