This year’s Storyteller’s Prize winners were just amazing and we can’t wait to share some video with you soon from that wonderful award show. In the meantime, we’re asking you: who deserves a Storyteller’s Prize for 2015? Let us know who you think we should pick! Share your ideas here.-Heidi Durrow
Storyteller’s Prize Presentation & Live Event: Pre-registrations, the Waitlist & open seating
UPDATE 6/8/14: WAITLIST IS NOW CLOSED. The Storyteller’s Prize Presentation & Live Event is SOLD OUT! Here is important information about how the seating will work:How do I claim my Pre-registered reservation?
Your Festival name badge will indicate whether you Pre-registered – there are no physical tickets. Doors to the theatre open at 5:45PM for Pre-registered reservations only. This is a sold-out event and we recommend “pre-registered” arrive by 5:30PM to line up for first choice of seats. The members of your party must be seated. After 6:10pm, all vacant seats will be given to Wait List.
How does the Wait List work?
Vacant seats remaining unclaimed at 6:10pm will be released to our Wait List. The Wait List is now closed. The Wait List line will begin forming outside the JANM Democracy Forum as early as 5:30PM. We will begin seating at 6:10PM and is first come, first serve. When the theatre has reached capacity, no additional guests will be admitted.
What time should I arrive for the show?
Be advised; come early! It is not unexpected for people to start lining up at the entrance to JANM Democracy Forum prior to 5:30PM. Seating is limited.
All guests arriving before the theatre is open for seating will be asked to form single file lines outside the entrance to JANM Democracy Forum. Please wait in line based on your reservation type: “Pre-registered” or “Wait List”. We begin seating “pre-registered” approximately 40 to 45 minutes before showtime and “wait list 20 minutes before showtime. The show will begin promptly at 6:30PM.
Mixed Remixed Festival to Honor Cheerios with Storyteller’s Prize
We are thrilled to present Cheerios with a Storyteller’s Prize for its commercials celebrating the Mixed experience on June 14, 2014 at 6:30pm at the Japanese American National Museum. Cheerios celebrated the Mixed experience in a heart-felt commercial in 2013 that featured a young biracial girl who asks her mother (who is white) about the heart-health of Cheerios. When the ad sparked racist comments on You Tube, General Mills disabled the commenting function and staunchly stood by its casting for the ad. In January, General Mills brought back the multiracial family in an ad that played during the Superbowl. As Camille Gibson, vice president of marketing for Cheerios told CBS MoneyWatch: “We fell in love with this family.” We are pleased that Camille Gibson and Douglas Martin will attend to receive the award on behalf of Cheerios.
2014 Mixed Remixed Festival Schedule Revealed & Registration Open
Yup! It’s true! We’ve got an incredible line-up of film screenings, readings, workshops and family fun for June 14, 2014. And it’s all free! But registration is strongly encouraged because seating is limited–especially for the Storyteller’s Prize Presentation and Live Show! We can’t wait to see you! Register now! – Heidi Durrow
Mixed Remixed Festival Storyteller’s Prize 2014
We’re excited to present the first annual Mixed Remixed Storyteller’s Prize at the 2014 Festival.
January 22, 2014 (Los Angeles)–Mixed Remixed Festival Storyteller’s Prize Honors Comedy Central’s Hit Comedic Duo Key & Peele and National Book Award Finalist Susan Straight. [pdf].
The Mixed Remixed Festival will present the annual Storyteller’s Prizes to Comedy Central’s hit comedic duo Key & Peele and National Book Award Finalist Susan Straight on June 14, 2014 at 6:30pm at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles, 100 N. Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012. The event is free and open to the public. A hosted dessert reception will immediately follow the awards presentation and live performance. The Storyteller’s Prizes will be presented as part of the Festival’s dynamic live performance which features some of the best comedians, musicians and spoken word poets. Reservations—which will open Feb. 14, 2014—are strongly encouraged.
The Storyteller’s Prizes are awarded each year to artists, scholars and activists who have shown a dedication to celebrating and illuminating the Mixed experience.
The 2014 Storyteller’s Prize recipients are:
Comedy Central’s hit comedic duo Key & Peele
Originally hailing from New York, Jordan Peele moved to Chicago, where he performed at both Second City Chicago and ImprovOlympic. Peele then crossed the pond to Amsterdam to work with Boom Chicago Theater, but was lured back to the States by a starring (and Emmy-nominated) role on five seasons of MADtv. Currently, he plays Dr. Brian on Adult Swim’s Children’s Hospital, and has also appeared on TVs RENO 911! and Love Bites. Peele has appeared in such movies as Little Fockers and the upcoming Wanderlust.
Keegan-Michael Key got his start in comedy at Second City Detroit, and later moved on to their Chicago company where he received awards for his writing and performance. While still in Chicago, Key made the jump to TV, starring in Fox’s MADtv for six seasons, and scoring recurring roles on shows like RENO 911! and Gary Unmarried. Key can also be seen on the big screen in movies including Role Models, Due Date, and Just Go With It.
Susan Straight
Susan Straight was born in Riverside and still lives there with her family. She has published seven novels and one middle-grade reader. Highwire Moon was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2001; A Million Nightingales was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2006. Her short stories have appeared in Zoetrope, The Ontario Review, The Oxford American, The Sun, Black Clock, and other magazines. “The Golden Gopher,” from Los Angeles Noir, won the Edgar Award in 2007; “El Ojo de Agua,” from Zoetrope, won an O. Henry Award in 2007. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, Reader’s Digest, Family Circle, Salon, The Los Angeles Times, Harpers, The Nation, and other magazines. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to work on Highwire Moon, and a Lannan Prize was an immense help when working on Take One Candle Light a Room.