CTFA’s Orlin Corey Medallion Awards - 2024

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ANNOUNCING CTFA’s 2024 Orlin Corey Medallion Awards - Idris Goodwin and Kathy D. Harrison

Idris Goodwin, Seattle, WA

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Idris Goodwin is an award-winning playwright, the Artistic Director for Seattle Children's Theatre, and the Board President of Theater For Young Audiences/USA. He is the author of over 60 original plays for multi-generational audiences that are widely produced nationwide by a diverse mix of professional and academic venues. Idris has created original content for and/or appeared on Nickelodeon, HBO Def Poetry, Sesame Street, NPR, BBC Radio, and the Discovery Channel. Your House Is Not Just A House, his first picture book, will be published by Harper Collins/Clarion in May 2024.

Kathy D. Harrison - New York & New Jersey

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Kathy D. Harrison is a seasoned theater professional with a notable career as a musical theater playwright, Artistic Director, arts educator, arts administrator within a youth development organization, and advocate for utilizing theater to center and amplify lesser-known historical stories as experienced by Black and marginalized people. She brings a unique creativity and approach to storytelling that really serves as a magnet for youth audiences and young performers. As a musical theater playwright, she is able to unearth stories that have gone unnoticed and bring them to today's world in a fresh way. Ms. Harrison is presently the Director of the Signature Programs Department of LEAP, a non-profit arts organization in the NY/NJ area. She is the proud mother of Nigel E. Williams.

The Corey Medallion Awards
Celebrating Artistry, Integrity, Innovation and Equity in Theatre for Youth
Named for former CTFA President Orlin Corey,
this award recognizes artists, educators, administrators, activists and others whose visionary works for youth embodies the core values of the Childrens Theatre Foundation of America.

The Childrens Theatre Foundation of America values: Children and Youth, The Art of Theatre, Excellence, Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion.
www.childrenstheatrefoundation.org (updated 2–16-2022)