๐๐พ Thank you to everyone who made our ๐๐๐ด๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ a huge success! Congratulations to all our incredible finalists and a big shout out to this yearโs winners, ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ (First Place), ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ (Second Place), ๐โ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป (Third Place), and ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ (Ensemble Award)!โฃ
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Much appreciation to the eveningโs ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐, Ryan Michelle Bathe and to the ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ท๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐, Michael Potts, James Pickens Jr., and Michole Briana White!
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A special thank you to the ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ who shared their stunning artistry with all of us.โฃ
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We also lift up our ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ Occidental College and Ebony Repertory Theatre, without whom this evening would not have been possible.โฃ
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๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐๐ด๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐ โฃ๐ด๐ฌ๐๐ต ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฎ๐!โฃ