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Los Angeles Theater Companies Leave L.A. Stage Alliance After Asian Actress Misidentified At Ovation Awards

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More than 25 Los Angeles area theater companies, including the Geffen Playhouse, the Pasadena Playhouse and the Deaf West Theatre, have revoked their memberships in the L.A.

Stage Alliance after the nonprofit organization misidentified and mispronounced the name of Asian actress Jully Lee at an awards show earlier this week.The L.A.

Stage Alliance has issued an apology and pledged to undertake “a visible and transparent transformation.”The incident occurred Tuesday night at the virtual Ovation Awards for local theater productions.

Lee’s first name was mispronounced when the nominees for best featured actress were read, and a photo of another Asian actress was shown onscreen.Lee was nominated for her performance in Jiehae Park’s Hannah and

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