EP 537: Leslie Ishii On Her Recently Winning Two Prestigious Theater Awards

Alaska’s Perseverance Theatre’s Artistic Director Leslie Ishii has the distinction of recently being awarded to prestigious awards: The 2024 Stage Directors & Choreographers Foundation Zelda Fichandler Award and the 2025 Paul Robeson Award. To win either of these honors is remarkable; but to win them both, back-to-back, is nothing short of extraordinary.

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