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♦ Passing Strange nominated for best Musical Non Equity Jeffs!
♦ Passing Strange: Chicago Sun Times best 11 of 2011
“Bailiwick Chicago and director Lili-Anne Brown put a fresh, young, wholly believable face on “Passing Strange,” improving greatly on Stew’s autobiographical Broadway musical,” (Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun Times 12/22/11). Read the Article.
♦ Whitney White featured in Chicago Social, p 62
♦ Passing Strange No. 2 on TimeOut Chicago’s Best of 2011
“A singular matchup of artists made possible Bailiwick’s ballsy mounting of cult-fave rocker Stew’s uniquely personal portrait of the young man as an artist,” (Kris Vire, TimeOut Chicago 12/14/11). Read the Article.
♦ Broadway World: Love Loss and What I Wore
“Daryl Roth, producer of Love, Loss, and What I Wore, has announced that Chicago’s own Cindy Gold and Whitney White will join the cast of the Chicago production beginning October 25, 2011, (Broadwayworld.com)” Read the Article.
♦ AndWePresent.com Feature
“The future holds bright for White as the Black Alliance have nominated her for the Phylicia Rashad award (most promising actress).” Read the Article.
♦ Casting announcement: Spring Awakening
“Some of the actors cast as the troubled teens of 19th-century Germany may be familiar faces, such as Lindsay Leopold (Ilse) and Whitney White (Martha), but many of these actors—some of them new arrivals in Chicago, others still undergrads at area schools—will be unknowns to even the most tireless theatergoers,“ (Kris Vire, Time Out Chicago, 08/02/11). Read the Article
♦ Whitney White nominated for the Phylicia Rashad Award (Most Promising Actress) by the Black Theatre Alliance, 08/01/2011. Full Press release and nominees BTAawards.com
♦ Educating Rita: Chicago Theatre Beat, Urban Times, Windy City Times…
“White creates an authentic arc as the titular student, shaping her role from a broad comedienne in the beginning to a thoughtful, layered character in the end,” (Dan Jakes, Chicago theatre Beat, 07/03/2011).Read the Article
“She is particularly amazing…the sparkle in her eyes from time to time. It is wonderful to see something that is performed time after time look so fresh,” (Marcy Huttas, Our Urban Times, 7/22/2011). Read the Article
“White is more than up to the demands of honestly portraying a 26-year-old woman who hungers for more cultural sustenance to enrich her life,” (Scott C Morgan, Windy City Times, 06/29/11). Full article WindyCityMediaGroup.com
“[White] brings a firecracker energy and a lovely, dynamic stage presence,” (Kerry Reid, Chicago Tribune 06/30/2011). Full article ChicagoTribune.com
♦ Passing Strange: Sun Times, Time Out Chicago and more…
* Recommended in the Red Eye by director Erica Weiss. Red Eye Online
“Marvelously luminous and talented,” (Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun Times, 04/26/2011). Full Article ChicagoSuntimes.com
“An extraordinary cast powers Bailiwick’s Midwestern premiere of the show,” (John Beer, Time Out Chicago, 04/28/2011). Full article TimeOutChicago.com
“I was excited to see black people portrayed as making and being talented at wide-range of music…and especially impressed with the rock! They executed it well and you hardly ever get that portrayl,” (Jena Lowe, One Dimple Bandit 05/28/11).
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Whitney your portfolio is simply amazing; you have accomplished so much in such a short pieord of time. What can we look for next from you? Also, how do you stay motivated when times are tough and you possibly get rejections when you thought you were the best person for a particular part?