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Masi Asare

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Masi Asare (born 21 April 1978) is a composer, lyricist, playwright, voice teacher, and theatre professor.[1][2] Her most notable work includes writing lyrics for Broadway musical Paradise Square.[3]

Early Life & Education

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Asare was born to Francislee Syversen Osseo-Asare and Kwadwo Osseo-Asare, a professor at Penn State University.[4][5] She earned her bachelor's degree magna cum laude from Harvard University and got her master's and PhD at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.[6]

Career

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Asare is an assistant professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at Northwestern University.[6] She was named Faculty Fellow at the Northwestern University Kaplan Institute for the Humanities for 2021-2022 for her research on black women and vocal sounds in musical theatre.[6][7]

Shows she has written book, music, and/or lyrics for include:

In June 2020, Asare hosted a podcast Voicing Across Distance in which she spoke about vocal sound during the coronavirus pandemic and bringing together voice scholars and practitioners.[14][15]

Awards & Nominations

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Asare was nominated for a Tony Award (Best Score) for her lyrics in Paradise Square in 2022. She is also a past Dramatists Guild Fellow and the first recipient of the Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award for emerging female musical theatre composers.[16][17]

Additional awards, nominations, and honors include:

  • Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Score 2022 Paradise Square[18]
  • Clarence Simon Award for Teaching and Mentoring 2022[19]
  • Women to Watch on Broadway List 2021[20]
  • Stacey Mindich “Go Write A Musical” Lilly Award 2019[21]
  • Theater Hall of Fame Emerging Artist Grant 2019[6]
  • NYU Outstanding Dissertation Prize Honorable Mention 2019[22]
  • Paulette Haupt Composition Prize 2018[6]
  • Georgia Bogardus Holof Lyricist Award 2018[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Masi Asare on Instagram: "Today is my birthday...some people say a ladyperson should not reveal her age, but I want credit for each of my 43 years! They are hard-won, and they are also a gift of time that not everyone is allowed to have. (Also, the only semi-recent photos I have are stills from my lecture videos, so here you go.) While I may be called emerging and junior for some time to come in certain professional contexts, I celebrate and recognize the many things from which I have already emerged and areas where I have already established my expertise! These days I also cross paths with many artists and workers in their 20s and 30s and, tho everyone's story is different, out of respect for us all I decline to gloss over the time and sacrifices that have been required for me to get to where I am today. The journey has often felt achingly slow and unclear. I do not take for granted the recent opportunities that have come my way, and know that many of these are simply a result of Staying the Course. #celebrateitall #abirthdayisnotguaranteed #april21thoughts #stayforevermidsentence"". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  2. ^ "MASI ASARE". masiasare.com. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  3. ^ a b SpotCo. "PARADISE SQUARE | Official Site". PARADISE SQUARE | Official Site. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  4. ^ "Masi Asare on Instagram: "Today is my mom Francislee Syversen Osseo-Asare's birthday. Happy Birthday, mommy! Here are some photos of the two of us from a few year back. Mom is one of the most intensely creative, smart, and compassionate people I know. And she doesn't have time for nonsense. She told me today that her college years memento of choice, which she brought to a UC Berkeley women's honor society virtual event recently, 50 years after her graduation, was none other than a teargas canister. That's right. Shook up the sorority types a bit. #theadventurecontinues #happybirthday"". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  5. ^ "Kwadwo Osseo-Asare". Penn State Department of Materials Science and Engineering. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Masi Asare: School of Communication - Northwestern University". communication.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  7. ^ a b c d "MASI ASARE - Bio". masiasare.com. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  8. ^ "The Family Resemblance Demo". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  9. ^ Reverend Routte Blues, retrieved 2022-11-23
  10. ^ "Masi Asare". LIVE & IN COLOR. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  11. ^ Editor, Web; Scanlan, Sophia (2019-07-19). "Q&A: Communication Prof. Masi Asare discusses new Ms. Marvel play". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 2022-11-23. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ "Mirror of Most Value: A Ms. Marvel Play (Marvel Spotlight)". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  13. ^ "Sympathy Jones: The New Secret Agent Musical by Masi Asare | Playscripts Inc". www.playscripts.com. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  14. ^ "Voicing Across Distance". Spotify. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  15. ^ "MASI ASARE - Podcast". masiasare.com. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  16. ^ "Masi Asare – Dramatists Guild Foundation". dgf.org. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  17. ^ "1621The Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award". The Ziegfeld Club Inc. 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  18. ^ BWW, Team. "THE LEHMAN TRILOGY, HARMONY & KIMBERLY AKIMBO Lead Outer Critics Circle Awards Nominations". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  19. ^ "Faculty Awards". Honors Convocation - Northwestern University School of Communication. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  20. ^ Fund, Broadway Women's (2021-03-08). "Women to Watch on Broadway". www.broadwaywomensfund.com. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  21. ^ "2019 Lilly Awards". The Lillys. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  22. ^ Communications, NYU Web. "Awardees". www.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
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