Village Youth Theatre Founder Wins Cultural Arts Award

Birmingham's Cathie Badalamenti receives the 17th annual Birminham/Bloomfield Cultural Arts Award.

Cathie Badalamenti, founder of Birmingham's Village Youth Theatre, is the 17th annual recipient of the Birmingham/Bloomfield Cultural Arts Award. The award is sponsored by the Cultural Council of Birmingham-Bloomfield, the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC), The Community House and the Observer and Eccentric newspapers. Badalamenti founded the Village Youth Theatre — the youth arm of Birmingham's Village Players theater troupe — in 2007 for youths ages 8 to 18. The group produces two musicals a year, while also sponsoring a Summer Theatre Arts Camp. "I am so very excited and honored to receive this award," Badalamenti said. "I have always felt very fortunate to live in a community that emphasizes the understanding, development and …

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