Masi Asare is a Tony-nominated songwriter and dramatist, a voice teacher, and a performance scholar. She is associate professor of theatre and performance studies at Northwestern University, where she directs the American Music Theatre Project and holds the McCormick Professorship for Teaching Excellence.
HONORS FOR BLUES MAMAS
Masi's scholarly book Blues Mamas and Broadway Belters (Duke University Press, 2024) has received numerous honors including the Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award from the American Musicological Society, Special Recognition from the Kurt Weill Prize, the Duke University Press Scholars of Color First Book Award, and now, the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism!
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NEW MUSICAL
The new blues and gospel musical DELTA BLUE (book by Matt Williams and Trey Ellis, music/lyrics by Masi Asare and Jimmy Vivino) will have a two-week workshop in New York City in April 2026 at The Sheen Center in Manhattan. Check out the Music page to hear selected demos from this moving new show set in the 1940s between the Mississippi Delta and Chicago.
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