Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Four Wright State University alums have ties to shows nominated for the 73rd annual Tony Awards.
- Joey Monda (BFA Musical Theatre) is co-producer (Sing Out, Louise! Productions) of Anaïs Mitchell’s jazz musical “Hadestown,” which leads the pack with 14 nominations having previously been seen off-Broadway and at London’s National Theatre.
- Joel Shier (BFA Lighting Design) is the associate designer of Jack Thorne, Marius de Vries and Eddie Perfect’s “King Kong,” which received three nominations, including best lighting.
- Jeremy Cunningham (BFA Lighting Design) is the associate designer of Eddie Perfect, Scott Brown and Anthony King’s musical adaptation of Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice,” which received eight nominations, including best musical.
- Press representative Matthew Alan Troillett (BFA Acting) serves as the project director of O&M Etc., a newly launched division of the Broadway public relations company DKC/O&M, handling publicity for the aforementioned “Hadestown” as well as the acclaimed production of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which received nine nominations.
