American Idiot Wins Diversity Award from Actors' Equity

The Broadway musical American Idiot has been selected to receive Actors' Equity Association’s award for Extraordinary Excellence in Diversity on Broadway for the 2009-2010 season. Presented by Equity’s Eastern Region Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, the award honors and encourages those who actively promote the goals of diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity for all who work in the theater.

Set to the music of Green Day, American Idiot follows the journey of a new generation of young Americans as they strive to find meaning in a post 9/11 world. The musical stars John Gallagher Jr., Starks Sands, Michael Esper, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Christina Sajous, Mary Faber and Tony Vincent. The cast also includes Declan Bennett, Andrew Call, Gerard Canonico, Miguel Cervantes, Joshua Henry, Van Hughes, Brian Charles Johnson, Joshua Kobak, Lorin Latarro, Omar Lopez-Cepero, Leslie McDonel, Chase Peacock, Theo Stockman, Ben Thompson, Alysha Umpress, Aspen Vincent, Sean Wing and Libby Winters. Michael Mayer is the director.

The Diversity Award will be presented at a reception at Equity headquarters in New York City on June 15.