Thursday, August 14, 2025
This month we talk to the playwright and director Dexter Bullard, who's helming his new play, and we check in with two contributors to our Summer edition.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:10PMA roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:50PMWednesday, August 13, 2025
A new immersive performance at Stage Aurora Theatrical Company puts audience members in the thick of a historical Jacksonville event.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:06PMThis year's gathering in the Berkshires took big swings with mixed results, but its greatest successes may have been in the buzz and chatter it created among festivalgoers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:07PMTuesday, August 12, 2025
Bond Street Theatre, which takes theatre into refugee camps and prisons overseas, has had programs cancelled—but they're regrouping, fundraising, and even bringing some of their work home.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:49PMThursday, August 7, 2025
A key figure in New York's experimental scene in his own right, he devoted himself with passion and rigor to preserving La MaMa's path-breaking heritage for succeeding generations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:11AMTuesday, August 5, 2025
A roundup of comings and goings at the top of U.S. theatre institutions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:40PMWith 150 seats and a budget just under $1 million, this Upstate company stages contemporary classics, classics that feel contemporary, and world premieres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:19AMFrom a consequential HUAC hearing to the TikTok 'Ratatousical,' August has been a month of theatrical highs and lows.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:36AMThe brilliance of 'Hamilton's' book and lyrics has been justly praised, but a new book argues for show's deft musical storytelling as well.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMSaturday, August 2, 2025
An Asian American theatremaker reflects on the intent and impact of Broadway’s ‘Maybe Happy Ending,’ and the precedent its latest casting decision may set.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMFriday, August 1, 2025
Florida theatres urged their community to act, with $12.8 million of arts funding and its cultural affairs department at stake.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:44PMBay Area theatre companies will offer free and low-price tickets to audiences in a region-wide celebration of live theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:39PMRunning Sept. 26-28, Baylor Theatre's inaugural festival creates a new national platform for original plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMThursday, July 31, 2025
Colleagues and friends remember the playwright and multidimensional theatre artist, who died on July 14 at the age of 43.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:36PMWednesday, July 30, 2025
Playwright Ken Weitzman's rolling world premiere centers a communal approach as audiences visit a curated happy place.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:19AMTuesday, July 29, 2025
As tireless as he was eccentric, this great designer pushed himself and his colleagues to dazzling heights, and his work was never done.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:34PMThe Contemporary American Theater Festival is now the only U.S. gathering of its kind that fully stages all its offerings—and that matters more now.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:25PM6 writers from abroad who make theatre in the U.S. reflect on their craft and careers in a cultural climate that feels freshly fraught and urgent.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMFriday, July 25, 2025
At a convening earlier this year hosted by Lincoln Center Theater and the New York City Department of Education, tools and resources were offered for multilingual educators and learners.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMThursday, July 24, 2025
As a writer, professor, and advocate who led Black Theatre Network for some crucial years, he encouraged and inspired generations of theatremakers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:23PMA roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:18PMThis month: a unique partnership between CTC and an elementary school, plus a check-in with teachers on time away from school.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:45PMA playwright considers the challenges and rewards of writing for the moment.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMWednesday, July 23, 2025
The citywide festival, now curated in conjunction with several NYC presenters, has announced a partial slate of formally adventurous work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:44PMTuesday, July 22, 2025
Community organizations and advocates will celebrate outdoor and global performance in New York City parks and public spaces.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:26PMIn this reimagined version of NHP’s signature new-works initiative, 5 Indianapolis theatres will present new plays throughout 2025-26.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:23AMThe politics of international artist visas have never run smooth, but they’ve become increasingly bumpy in a changing U.S.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMFriday, July 18, 2025
To give tribute this great American playwright, who died on July 4 at the age of 67, we assembled a party of colleagues, friends, and admirers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:26PMFor this special edition (also on video), we gathered 4 smart NYC theatre folks to talk about their visions and recommendations for our art form and industry.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMThursday, July 17, 2025
The Atlanta company’s new dedicated space for Theatre for Young Audiences will open with 3 productions set underground.
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