About the Artist: Dede Ayite
THIS SEASON: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X at the Met for her debut, Hell’s Kitchen, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, and Days of Wines and Roses on Broadway.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Dede Ayite is a costume designer who has designed for nearly a dozen productions on Broadway, including Ohio State Murders, Topdog/Underdog, How I Learned to Drive, American Buffalo, Slave Play, Chicken & Biscuits, A Soldier’s Play, American Son, and Children of a Lesser God. She has been nominated for two Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards, also earning a special Drama Desk Award in 2022 and The TDF/Kitty Leech Young Master Award. Ayite has received an Obie, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Theatre Bay Area, Henry Hewes, Audelco and Jeff Award. Her work has also appeared Off Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company, Signature Theatre, MCC Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, Lincoln Center Theater, and Roundabout Theatre Company, as well as regionally at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Steppenwolf, American Repertory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and Arena Stage, among many others. Her work in television has appeared on Netflix, Comedy Central, and FOX Shortcoms.
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This event is made possible by the College of Fine Arts and the Arts Alive program.