The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts is an unrestricted prize of $75,000 given annually to risk-taking mid-career artists working in the fields of dance, film/video, music, theatre and the visual arts.
Playwright, singer, composer, and actor Eisa Davis sees theatre as a rare public space for active contemplation. In lyrical language, and shifting forms, she carves out imaginative territories, asking question after question after question.