MASI ASARE

Masi has several original songs in Lisa Peterson's new adaptation for The Acting Company. Set in a present-day center for refugees in the Greek islands, a retelling by four young women fleeing conflict in Middle Eastern and African countries. Touring nationally through November 10.

The new stage musical adaptation of Mira Nair's film Monsoon Wedding, with lyrics by Masi Asare, played off-Broadway at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn May 6-June 25.

On June 16, Masi headlines for the first time at 54 Below, singing some of her most-requested songs plus hot-off-the-presses numbers from new shows still in the works.

Masi worked with students in the "Black Musical Theater: Theory and Practice" class at the UMD Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center during a multi-day artist residency in February.

A new essay written from a scholarly vantage point about the different ways Masi understands musical theatre singing voices in her creative practice—in terms of dramaturgical or storytelling function, with her musical dramatist and composer/lyricist hat on, and in terms of multifaceted vocal technique, with her voice teacher and voice coach hat on.