40th Anniversary LPTW Theatre Women Awards:

Special Award for Meritorious Service to the League of Professional Theatre Women and the Industry., received in 2023.

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"Temple of the Souls" Musical Awards:

NYMF 2017 Next Link Project.

Book by Anita Velez-Mitchell, Lorca Peress, Anika Paris. Music by Dean Landon and Anika Paris. Lyrics by Velez-Mitchell, Landon, Paris.

Produced Off-Broadway by MultiStages at Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row.  

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HOLA Awards - Gilberto Zaldivar Award for Outstanding Production of "Temple of the Souls," Alex Moore and Milteri Tucker (Award for Lighting and Choreography), Dean Landon, Anika Paris, Anita Velez-Mitchell (Special Music Recognition), directed, developed and produced by Lorca.

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Innovative Theatre Nominations (6 categories for MultiStages, including Outstanding Production (MultiStages), Outstanding Original Music (Dean Landon and Anika Paris), Outstanding Original Script (Anita Velez-Mitchell, Lorca Peress, Anika Paris), Outstanding Costume Design (Marla Speer), Outstanding Innovative Design (Marla Speer - Masks), Outstanding Lead Actress (Debra Cardona).

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Taino Areito Award for Drama to Lorca Peress in recognition of cultural advocacy and performance.

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Opera Directing Awards:

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Three National Opera Competition Awards for productions she directed -  Leonard Bernstein's "MASS," Bruce Saylor's "The Image Maker" and Bruce Saylor's "Major Molineaux," all produced by the Queens College Aaron Copland School of Music.

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Collaboration Theatre Honorable Mentions:

Playwright Fengar Gael and director Lorca Peress for "The Island of No Tomorrows." 

Playwright Arden Kass and director Lorca Peress for "Appetite" from Women in Arts and Media Coalition.

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LA MAMA INKY playwrighting Award presented by Ellen Stewart for "Women Under Glass," her one-woman show (premiere year awarded). And One Page Plays for LaMia Ink!