Staff

Elizabeth Boone, Artistic & Executive Director of Miami Light Project, received her B.A. in Fine Arts from the College of Charleston in South Carolina, and her Master's degree in Theater from Brandeis University in Massachusetts. She was an Artist-in- Residence at Brandeis for 1 year, and following that post she moved to new York to pursue her creative interests in the performing arts. Beth served for six years as a program associate for the AT&T Foundation's Arts & Culture Program, Managing the implementation of several nationally and internationally recognized artistic programs including AT&T: OnStage, New Art/New Visions, and Dance on Tour. In 1994 she moved to Miami to become the Associate Director of Development for Florida Grand Opera; following that position she was the Deputy Director and then the Interim Director of the Department of Cultural Affairs at Miami Dade Community College, Wolfson Campus. In May 1998 Beth became the Executive Director of Miami Light Project.
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Rebekah Lanae Lengel, Managing Producer, Ms. Lengel has previously served on the Board of Directors for Youth Expressions Inc., Crystal Parrot Players, the Hanan Arts Cooperative, and was a member of the Miami Emerging Arts Leaders Task Force. In 2006, Ms. Lengel was selected by the Arts & Business Council of Miami as the co-recipient of the inaugural Miami Emerging Leaders Award; in 2005 she was recognized as a “Leading Woman in South Florida’s Urban Community” by Urban America Newspaper and was, in the same year, selected by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters as one of 18 individuals across the country to participate in the 2005 Emerging Leaders Institute. A former Ford Scholars Performing Arts nominee and National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts ARTS Merit Awardee, Ms. Lengel is also an accomplished journalist and playwright, having had her plays Malcolm & Martin, 5 Days, 9 Months, 6 Years, and Amore Alla Luce Della Luna produced and presented and such theatres as City Theatre in Miami, and the Hippodrome State Theatre in Gainesville. Her work has been published in three languages and articles have been published in the web based magazines 88hiphop.com, styluswars.com, manhunt.com and The Hip Hop Newsletter.
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