San Jose Stage Honored by Awards; Announce World Premiere Production

San Jose Stage Company's Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Randall King, was honored last week with the "Distinguished Alumni Award" by San Jose State University's Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. During their Spring initiation King accepted the award addressing the new initiates giving words of guidance to the the next generation of artists. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest, and most selective society honoring excellence and ethics in all academic disciplines. William J. Reckmeyer, Phi Kappa Ph President & Professor Emeritus Leadership/Systems SJSU, stated "PKP Board was impressed with Randall's significant contributions to promoting the arts in our local community, especially establishing San Jose Stage Company as one of the premier artistic institutions in the entire Bay Area."

Recently, San Jose Stage & El Teatro Campesino's production of VALLEY OF THE HEART took the prize for Best Production "Entire Bay Area" at the 41st Annual Excellence in Theatre Awards presented by the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle. SFBATCC is dedicated to promoting and serving theatres of all types and sizes in the Bay Area by recognizing excellence and outstanding achievement in the field. Active since 1976, the Circle consists of reviewers covering theatre in all nine Bay Area counties.

After a successful World Premiere at San Jose Stage, THE MEMORY STICK is in consideration for Dublin Ireland's world class international theatre festival. Dublin Theatre Festival is Europe's longest running theatre festival, and runs for 3 weeks each autumn. It brings world-class theatre to Dublin, supports artists in creating outstanding work and provides a platform to showcase the best of Irish theatre to the world.