Our 28th Annual Festival was presented virtually in 2021.
The Festival began with our Awards GALA on March 25 and ran through March 30, 2021.
Empowered Women: Champagne Gala and Awards Ceremony
Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. PST
Directed by: Fay Hauser-Price
Hosted by Ted Lange (The Love Boat) and Hattie Winston (Becker).
The event will honor five women of exceptional achievement and contribution to the world of theatre:
– Infinity Awardee – Diahann Carroll (awarded posthumously);
– Rainbow Awardee – Paula Donnelly
– Integrity Awardee – Akuyoe Graham
– Eternity Awardee – Shigemi Matsumoto
– Maverick Awardee – Rose Portillo
There will be live performances in addition to the awards presentation, including Jacquelyn Brown-Benefield singing “Rise Up” and “I Am Enough”, two uplifting songs celebrate personal empowerment and Juli Kim in Abandon, a dance piece, in which a woman abandons both beauty and docility in favor of inner strength and power