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Soraya Stories: OK Go
“I love the fact that 20 years into our rock career, we’re seeing a new generation of kids be creative and inventive in weird ways because of the videos we've made.”
Soraya alums take center stage at The Kennedy Center Honors
On June 6, The Kennedy Center hosted its 43rd annual prestigious Kennedy Center Honors, presented uniquely without a live audience, celebrating the artistic legacies of Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, Garth...
Soraya Stories: Taylor McFerrin
“That evening at The Soraya felt like a grand event…it felt like a culmination of my development as a musician.”
Soraya Stories: Dan Guerrero
Dan Guerrero is an award-winning television producer and a director of live arts and culture concert events at prestigious venues including the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for the Los Angeles Opera, the Cite de la Musique in Paris, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Guerrero's time at The Soraya includes interviewing music legend Linda Ronstadt, directing the unforgettable mariachi opera Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, and hosting Nochebuena en Casa.
Soraya Stories: Dee Larkin
“Christine and Owen Smith would be so proud of their role in this venue. I am so extraordinarily honored that they have permitted me to be a part of that...I’m just in awe of what [The Soraya] has brought to the Valley.”
Soraya Stories: Interns
“The Soraya cares not just about the shows, but its audience members, the donors, and the students at Northridge.”
Tell us YOUR Soraya story
We want to hear your story! One of the things I love most about my job is standing in the lobby with our patrons, hearing about their experiences at The Soraya.
There’s a note of optimism in the air!
After months of silence from state and local officials about the reopening of performing arts venues, suddenly there’s a flurry of activity and a glimmer of hope.
Soraya Stories: Kara Hill
Kara Hill, an award-winning architect and architectural historian, is the principal of Kara Hill Studio, a Minneapolis-based architecture firm. While at Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc.
Feed your curiosity. Go Behind-the-Screens with The Soraya.
What started as a necessity at the beginning of the pandemic, the only option for continuing some semblance of programming, has become one of my favorite things to do. Interviewing artists from their homes and sharing some of their work, usually performed in the most intimate and authentic ways, has added a new dimension to the performing arts.