Theatre
Last semester, BIPOC of STAD produced a staged reading of a satirical play with an all POC cast, and who was the director
Two Mile Hollow, Vesa!!
In the 1950's, who became the first black woman playwright on Broadway
Lorraine Hansberry
Chita Rivera is the first Latina and the first Latine-American to recieve the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in what year
2002
What year did Audra McDonald win her first Tony?
1994
Who is the Canva Warrior of the board
Who is Mina Abu Alhomos
Name the first full-time Black Elphaba on Broadway
The first person of color to win a Tony Award was who, and when did they win it
Juanita Hall in 1950
In 2021, Harvard University produced an all-AAPI cast of which popular musical?
What is Legally Blond?
What is the title of the 1935 opera by George Gershwin revolving around the story of working-class African Americans? This opera was a first of its kind to include a nearly all-Black cast with music drawing from African-American influences.
What is Porgy & Bess?
One of these board members can quote almost every movie from the early 2000's and the other one loves iced pumpkin spice lattes...Which two board members and what fun fact belongs to them?
Khali: 2000's Movie Diva
Vesa: Fall and Pumpkin Spice
Ancient Japanese style of theatre often surrounding moral tragedy and incorporates masks.
What is Noh (no) Theatre
Perry Watkins became the first black scenic designer for broadway during what decade
What is the 1930's
Nilo Cruz became the first Latin playwright to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play Following Cuban Immigrants in a Cigar Factory in Florida and later won Best Play and Featured Actress in 2003
Anna in The Tropics
Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens win for writing/composition on the opera Omar but you may recognize her work contribution playing banjo on what album
Cowboy Carter by Beyoncé
Kelly's Fun Fact is that she can do what kind of impression?
What is A clown horn impression
Federico García Lorca's Rural Trilogy of Spanish tragedies consists of which plays?
Bodas de Sangre or Blood Wedding (1933)
Yerma (1934)
La Casa de Bernarda Alba or The House of Bernarda Alba (1936)
Who was the first Filipina singer to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
Who is Lea Salonga?
The Inheritance won the Tony Award for Best Play, making it the first known Latine playwright to recieve the award
Matthew Lopez
In what year did all four musical acting Tony Awards go to black actors? Can you name them?
2016
Leading: Leslie Odom JR. and Cynthia Erivo
Supporting: Daveed Diggs and Renee Elise Goldsberry
Which board member knows every line in Luke and Vader's confrontation scene in Return of the Jedi, and what is their position?
Zachary Davis, Vice President
Argentinian-American Graciela Daniele serves as both director and choreographer for the original Broadway production of what musical?
Once on This Island
In what year did contralto Marian Anderson make her MET debut as Ulrica in Verdi's Un Ballo, Making her the first Black performer in a principal role on the Met stage
1955
What is the first musical to have an all-black cast on Broadway?
Bonus: In what year?
What is In Dahomey (1903)?
Who was the first AAPI performer to win a Grammy?
Name the last four BIPOC of STAD Presidents
(hint: including the current officeholder)
*Bonus Points if you can tell me what Dioma Ogwara's American English name is*
Aaliyah Williams
Aamirah McDonald
Malik Jallow
Maleek Hill