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Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, passionate about preserving DC-area theatre...by recording it.

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Revisiting last week’s impromptu WAPAVA Presents afterparty at Brookland Artspace Lofts with some of the fabulous folx that made the event possible!
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#friendsandneighbors #WAPAVA #nightcapping #dctheatre #EDlife 🏳️‍🌈 #findyourtribe

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An enormous THANK YOU to featured artist @thefeliciacurry, @anthony___smith, and all the friends, patrons & supporters who joined us for Monday night’s “WAPAVA Presents: An Evening With Felicia Curry” at WDC’s @mlklibrary.
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#gratitudepost #cabaretvibes #WAPAVApresents #dctheatre

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Thank you, @thefeliciacurry & @anthony___smith, for sharing your enormous talents with us for last night’s “WAPAVA Presents: An Evening With Felicia Curry” at WDC’s @mlklibrary. Such wonderful work. Love you both so much.
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#gratitudepost #damecurry #WAPAVApresents #dctheatre

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WAPAVA Board Member, @thefeliciacurry, is making time while on her whirlwind National Tour, for a free public performance at @mlklibrary! ⁣
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Join us this Monday, February 27 at 7:30 pm for an intimate cabaret featuring local luminary, Felicia Curry, currently appearing in the National Tour of @intothewoodsbroadway at The Kennedy Center, in celebration of @wapavatheater - Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive.⁣
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Register for free tickets at the link in our bio!

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On behalf of everyone at @wapavatheater, best wishes for a happy holiday season and a bright, healthy new year! ⁣⁣
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#WAPAVA #dmvtheatre #dcarts #theatrearchive #holidayseason

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#tbt (2017) WAPAVA Reel Time: A Historical Look at DC Theatre over 25 Years⁣
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This PowerPoint presentation, including conversations & interviews with actors, playwrights, directors, and more, was created to by former WAPAVA Executive Director, @carole.bernard.35, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive. ⁣
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More information & access to the WAPAVA Reel Time companion video may be found at the link in our bio. ⁣
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#WAPAVA #dctheatre #ReelTime #theatrepreservation

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WAPAVA is pleased to welcome FELICIA CURRY to its Board of Directors. We look forward to the experience, vision, and skills that Ms. Curry’s appointment brings to the organization. ⁣
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FELICIA CURRY is an award-winning, DC-based actor, singer, and the current host of WETA Arts on WETA/PBS. A native of Parsippany, New Jersey, she attended the University of Maryland, where she majored in journalism, minored in the performing arts, and worked for several years as a diversity educator and facilitator for the Anti-Defamation League.⁣
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In late 2020, she filmed the world premiere of Caleen Sinette Jenning’s one woman play, QUEEN’S GIRL: BLACK IN THE GREEN MOUNTAINS for @everymantheatre. In 2018, she received a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play for @factory_449’s LELA & CO., and in 2020, she was nominated for 2 Helen Hayes Awards, for DON’T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS (John F. Kennedy Center) and AGNES OF GOD (Factory 449). In the DC Metro Area, she has performed at Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre, Round House Theatre, Rep Stage, MetroStage, Imagination Stage, and Adventure Theatre, to name a few. Regionally, she has performed at the Gulfshore Playhouse and Virginia Repertory Theatre, where she received an RTCC Award of Best Lead Actress for her portrayal of Celie in THE COLOR PURPLE. ⁣
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Additionally, Curry has hosted @theatrewash’s Helen Hayes Awards 3 times, been named one of “12 DC Stage Dynamos” by @washingtonpost and one of “DC’s Biggest Theatre Stars” by Washington Magazine. She is a resident company member at Factory 449 in DC, Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, and on the Advisory Board (Artistic Associate) at @fordstheatre. Currently, she can be seen in UNTIL THE FLOOD, streaming at @studiotheatre and in her solo cabaret, BALTIMORE, IT’S ME, streaming at Everyman Theatre.

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#tbt (2018) @fordstheatre ‘s THE WIZ, directed by Kent Gash⁣⁣
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Cast: ⁣ Jonathan Adriel, Hasani Allen, DeMoya Watson Brown, Ashley D. Buster, Jocelyn E. Isaac, Jade Jones, Kevin McAllister, Monique Midgette, Da'Von T. Moody, Ines Nassara, Solomon Parker, Jabari Parker-Namdar, Christopher Michael Richardson, Awa Sal Secka, Daryl A. Spiers, Jocelyn E. Isaac, Melissa Victor, Jaysen Wright, Phil Young, Tobias Young⁣⁣
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Scenic Design: @jasonsherwooddesign ⁣⁣
Costume Des: Kara Harmon⁣⁣
Lighting Des: @ruirita ⁣⁣
Sound Design: David Budries⁣ Choreographer: Del Howlett ⁣
Music Director: @dsmithmusic ⁣
Stage Manager: @craighorness ⁣⁣
Photos by @carolroseggphoto ⁣⁣
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CURRENTLY IN THE ARCHIVE⁣⁣⁣⁣
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#fordsthewiz #dctheatre #theatrearchive #WAPAVA

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An enormous thank you to @epfoll and the @washblade for amplifying the continued work of @wapavatheater, including the recent creation of WAPAVA’s Pandemic Archive! ⁣⁣
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Link to article in bio⬆️! #wapava

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#tbt (2017) @1ststage’s MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, directed by Deidre LaWan Starnes⁣
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Cast: ⁣ William Aitken, Tracey Farrar, Jason B. Macintosh, Thomascena Nelson, William T. Newman, Jr., Tendo Nsubuga, Joe Palka, Clayton Pelham, Jr., Michael Anthony Williams, Joshua Witt⁣
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Scenic Design: Kathryn Kawecki⁣
Lighting Des: John D. Alexander ⁣ ⁣
Costume Design: Debra Sivigny⁣
Sound Design: Reid May ⁣
Stage Management: Laurel VanLandingham⁣
Photos by @teresacastracanephotography ⁣
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#1stStageMaRainey #dctheatre #theatrearchive #WAPAVA

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#tbt (2012) @repstagemd’s THE TEMPERAMENTALS, ⁣
directed by Kasi Campbell ⁣
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Cast: ⁣ Nigel Reed, Alexander Strain⁣, Rick Hammerly, Vaughn M. Irving, Brandon McCoy
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Scenic Des: @jdmadsendesigns ⁣
Lighting Design: ⁣Dan Covey ⁣
Costume Des: @denumrandom ⁣
Sound Design: @nmcguitar ⁣
Stage Management: @monty_cur ⁣
Photos by @stanbarouh ⁣
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#repstagetemperamentals #dmvtheatre #WAPAVA

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#tbt (2014) @olneytheatre’s COLOSSAL, directed by Will Davis⁣
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Cast: ⁣Joseph Carlson, Sam Faria, Will Hayes, Jeff Kirkman III, Michael Litchfield, Steve Ochoa, John Hudson Odom, Kenyatta Rogers, Michael Patrick Thornton, Matthew Ward, James Whalen⁣
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Scenic Design: Misha Kachman⁣
Costume Des: @ivaniastack ⁣
Lighting Des: ⁣Colin K. Bills ⁣
Sound Design: Chris Baine⁣
Choreography: Christopher D’Amboise⁣
Fight Choreography: @bcunis ⁣
Stage Manager: Josiane M. Lemieux⁣
Photos by @stanbarouh ⁣
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#otccolossal #dctheatre #theatrearchive #WAPAVA

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