COYOTE STAGEWORKS Wins Nine Desert Theatre League Awards

Coyote StageWorks, the Coachella Valley-based award winning Actors' Equity professional theater company, announced that it won a total of nine awards from the Desert Theatre League's annual awards announcement on October 4th, the most awards presented to a professional theater company. Coyote StageWorks had been nominated for 28 awards, many for the production of "A Doll's House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath, which ran from February 7 though 16 at the Palm Springs Cultural Center, and their popular Barbara Keller Playdate Series of staged readings. Coyote StageWorks has now received an impressive 89 Desert Theatre League Awards since it was founded.

All of Coyote's award-winning programming was made possible through the generosity of Season Sponsors, Patti & Jack Grundhofer.The 2019-2020 Desert Theater League awards for Coyote StageWorks were:

DRAMA:

• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama - Professional to Robin McAlpine - A Doll's

House Part 2

• Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama to Elizabeth Schmelling - A Doll's

House Part 2

STAGED READING:

• Outstanding Director of a Staged Reading to Desiree Clark - Gruesome

Playground Injuries

• Outstanding Director of a Staged Reading - Professional to Don Amendolia -

The Normal Heart

• Outstanding Lead Male Performer in a Staged Reading to Sean Timothy Brown -

Gruesome Playground Injuries

• Outstanding Lead Male Performer in a Staged Reading - Professional was a tie

between Coyote's Don Amendolia - A Walk in the Woods and Green Room

Theatre Company's Landry Barb - Fences.

• Outstanding Lead Female Performer in a Staged Reading - Professional to

Marsha Waterbury - The Niceties

• Outstanding Supporting Male Performer in a Staged Reading - Professional to Coyote StageWorks News Release - Page 2

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• Chuck Yates - The Normal Heart

• Outstanding Supporting Female Performer in a Staged Reading - Professional to

Robin McAlpine - The Normal Heart

"I am thrilled that the Desert Theatre League recognized our production company in so many ways," said Chuck Yates, Coyote StageWorks Founding Artistic Director. "It is so gratifying to know that the hard work we all put into producing outstanding local theater continues to be acknowledged by this important theater organization, and we were humbled that our work was acknowledged alongside the fine talent of so many other quality producing organizations."

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Coyote's 2019-2020 theatrical season ended prematurely. Its production "The Velocity of Autumn' by Eric Coble, has been postponed to a future date. The Barbara Keller Playdate Series has also been postponed, and the production company is looking at a way to continue the program safely in an outdoor environment.

Additionally, the Palm Springs Young Playwrights Festival, sponsored and organized by Coyote StageWorks, was held virtually this year, and the winners were announced earlier this week. Coyote StageWorks is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 company dedicated to advancing theatre as a vital art form in the desert communities of the Coachella Valley. It is their mission to provide a forum for thought-provoking, entertaining, and culturally significant works in an environment that nurtures the creativity of the individual and the enrichment of the community. For more information about Coyote StageWorks, please visit www.coyotestageworks.org.

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