STAGE TUBE: Excellence in Theater Education Award Winner Corey Mitchell's Speech

Corey Mitchell -- Theater Arts Teacher at the Northwest School of the Arts in Charlotte, N.C. -- accepted the Excellence in Theater Education Award during the Creative Arts Awards portion of the 2015 Tony ceremony with Carnegie Mellon University earlier this evening. Click below to hear his full speech!

This special honor recognizes a K-12 theatre educator in the U.S. who has demonstrated monumental impact on the lives of students and who embodies the highest standards of the profession. More than 4,000 nominations were received from across the United States for the 2015 Excellence in Theatre Education Award.

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