Valerie Curtis-Newton
Artistic Director
The Hansberry Project

Valerie Curtis-Newton is artistic director of the Hansberry Project, an African-American theater lab based out of A Contemporary Theatre (ACT). She has directed projects for Actors Theatre of Louisville, AL; Shakespeare Festival; The Mark Taper Forum; Seattle Children’s Theatre; Northwest Asian American Theatre; and Capitol Repertory Theatre. Valerie has participated in new play development for the New York Theatre Workshop, The Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis, The Mark Taper Forum, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and at the ACT/Hedgebrook and Seattle Rep/Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festivals. In addition, she has served as artistic director for The Performing Ensemble of Hartford and the Ethnic Cultural Theatre at the UW. Valerie is a recent recipient of both the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation's Sir John Gielgud Directing Fellowship and is an alumna of Holy Cross College and the University of Washington (M.F.A.).

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