Tuesday, October 18, 2022
A Washington state native who advanced from intern to Seattle Rep's leader over 2 decades, he will lead a prestigious Chicago theatre almost half the size of the Rep.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:56PMPreston will be succeeded by Megan E. Carter, who will carry out her role the final two months of producing activity for the 30-year-old company.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:01PMThe grant will allocate $20,000 to selected playwrights and an additional $20,000 to theatres that have agreed to produce the plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:50PMThe festival will feature works by Jonathon Larson Grant Winners Danny Haengil Larsen and Michelle Elliot, Obie award-winning playwright Christopher Chen, and Kleban award-winning playwright…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:43PMWith 3 world premieres and a Broadway revival of her hit play 'Topdog/Underdog,' the prolific writer keeps singing her song in a variety of keys.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:08PMMonday, October 17, 2022
Bateman will step down after a nine-year tenure, handing over the reins to interim managing director, Maryellen Gleason, while the theatre conducts a national search for his successor.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:31PMThe writer-performer of 'Tearsheets' and 'Elements of Flesh' left behind a career in TV and film after surviving a brain tumor, turning her focus and activism to the stage.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:34PMTheatre critic for the Los Angeles Times for 22 years, and longtime leader of the O'Neill Critics Institute, Sullivan was an old school newspaperman and a tireless teacher of the craft.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:26AMFriday, October 14, 2022
The former associate artistic director of the Old Globe Theatre will succeed outgoing artistic director John Dias in the role.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:28PMThe paid internship program will provide students of color with opportunities to gain experience in directing, acting, playwriting, design, and stage management.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:22PMWednesday, October 12, 2022
In excerpts from their new book, Anthony S. Rhine and Jay Pension answer important questions about audience engagement practices in nonprofit arts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:38PMThe emerging talent trades in Covent Garden for Northern Ireland with a turn in ‘A Man of No Importance’ and reflects on a few stepping stones in community theatre along the way.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:15PMThe award will recognize a mid-career theatre artist engaged in social change through the arts with an unrestricted $18,000 prize.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:21PMTuesday, October 11, 2022
After seven seasons, Kramer will be succeeded by Tara Franklin and James Barry as co-producing artistic directors.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:40PMFriday, October 7, 2022
After joining the organization in 2021, Laisure became the first woman and person of color to hold the managing director position in CPH's 107-year history.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:26PMThursday, October 6, 2022
Playwright Jonathan Alexandratos reflects on the plethora of joys, pains, ownerships, references, anxieties, comforts, languages, forms, and more to be found in non-binary plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:13AMWednesday, October 5, 2022
This year's honorees include costume designers Fred Voelpel and Dede Ayite, scenic designer Eugene Lee, and visual artist Michael Curry.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:58PMTuesday, October 4, 2022
From a Conan Doyle-inspired inquiry to an Emmett Till trilogy, from a Baroque opera to an Alaskan Tlingit journey, here are some shows I'd put on my hypothetical theatre calendar.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:41AMMonday, October 3, 2022
October recalls the extraordinary career of a 19th-century performer, the founding of both an Indianapolis institution and a West Coast bilingual theatre project, as well as the premieres of…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:27PMIn excerpts from a new book, the British-born director talks about childhood mysteries, the theatre buildings he's worked in, and his fascination with erasure and contradictions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:08PMThe $25,000 award is intended both to honor a deserving artist and to keep a spotlight on persistent gender-based inequity in the field.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:28AMThe company has uncovered 9 overlooked but eminently producible plays by women through history, from Aphra Behn to Wakako Yamauchi.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:04AMO’Neal will receive a $10,000 stipend, travel and housing reimbursement, and will teach a playwriting course and develop a comedy about black women in reality television; Finalists of the …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:24AMAnderson will receive the $50,000 award for her play 'the ripple, the wave that carried me home' at an event on Oct. 24.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:57AMFriday, September 30, 2022
The playwright talks with director Chi-wang Yang about his new play ‘Scene With Cranes,’ about making theatre in a bar, and about the unacknowledged grief of the world.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:25PMAn attorney on the frontline of Native American rights, and the playwright of 'Sovereignty' and 'Manahatta,' Nagle will create a work inspired by stories of the region.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:14PMThe founder of Chelsea Theater Center was a force from the 1960s onward, doing plays no one else would do and encouraging similar boldness in his colleagues.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:18AMFrom our first meeting, he opened me up to a panorama of possibilities, not only in the theatre but in myself.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:17AMThursday, September 29, 2022
With a Broadway debut about disabled folks and their caretakers, the playwright of 'Sanctuary City' and 'Ironbound' is again writing at the margins.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:57PMA new play at Barrington Stage Company, about a class-riven romance among 2 wheelchair and text-to-speech users, also has plenty of disabled talent backstage.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:23PMWednesday, September 28, 2022
After 3 years as artistic director at Arizona Theatre Company, Daniels will lead new-play development at the Sarasota theatre, particularly of work dealing with addiction and recovery.
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