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ABOUT NANCY KEYSTONE

Nancy Keystone is a multi-disciplinary theatre and visual artist, and the founding artistic director of Critical Mass Performance Group. She is the ensemble’s chief writer, director, and scenic designer. As a freelance artist she has directed and designed dozens of award-winning theatre productions and opera around the country. Most recently she directed Next To Normal with East West Players (Ovation Award for Best Director of a Musical). And with Cornerstone Theater Company, she wrote and directed an interactive spectacle A Jordan Downs Illumination, created in collaboration with the Watts community. Her work also has been seen at Center Theatre Group, LA Phil, Portland Center Stage, Denver Center Theatre, Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Long Beach Opera, Actors Express, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. As a visual artist she works in mixed media, and has made several short films. Keystone is the honored recipient of a  Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a United States Artists Hoi Fellowship, Theatre Communications Group’s Alan Schneider Director Award, and she was named one of LA Times’ “Faces To Watch.” She holds a BA in theatre from UCLA, and an MFA in Directing from Carnegie Mellon. She is on visiting faculty at UCLA, and is a frequent university guest lecturer.

ABOUT CRITICAL MASS PERFORMANCE GROUP

Founded in 1985, Critical Mass Performance Group is a Los Angeles-based, collaborative ensemble. Known for category-busting new works, exuberant theatricality, and electrifying collisions of ideas, CMPG was named 2013’s Best Theatre Company by the LA Weekly. We believe that sharing stories sows the seeds of empathy, in order to imagine and manifest a just, equitable, and peaceful future