Ashley Lee is a staff reporter at the Los Angeles Times, where she writes about theater, movies, television and the bustling intersection of the stage and the screen. She also co-writes the paperâs twice-weekly Essential Arts newsletter. An alum of the Eugene OâNeill Theater Centerâs National Critics Institute and Poynterâs Power of Diverse Voices, she previously served as the national director of the Institute for Theater Journalism and Advocacy, the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festivalâs arts journalism program. Prior to The Times, she was a New York-based editor at the Hollywood Reporter and has written for the Washington Post, Backstage and American Theatre, among others.
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