Friday, July 8, 2022
The versatile playwright, breakbeat poet, director, and educator takes the lead at the esteemed TYA theatre this month.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:59AMThe musicals-focused company will create a dual leadership model in place as its longtime singular leader, Robb Hunt, retires.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:20AMIn both his work and his writing, the path-breaking English director challenged all of us who make theatre to consider not only how we do it but why.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:31AMAfter 36 years of artistry in the Gulf South, and a move to a permanent space that didn't pan out, the theatre's board president says they have "exhausted all options."
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:14AMThursday, July 7, 2022
This year's conference features plays by Brie Knight, Santiago Tonauac Castro, Ken Kaissar, Ian August, Nimisha Ladva, and Stephanie Kyung Sun Walter.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:11PMJuly features the founding of a few illustrious theatrical organizations, a turn on the burlesque business wheel, a Sam Shepard classic in the remaking, and a powerful advocate for Latino pl…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:59PMThe program will be part of the company's next season in their new building on Third Avenue.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:04PMTuesday, July 5, 2022
Theatremakers Miranda Cornell, Thaddeus McCants, Aileen Wen McGroddy, Attilio Rigotti, Andrew Rodriguez, and Minghao Tu will receive both a stipend and an additional artistic devel…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PMFellows Tania Crescencio (Connectivity), Fatima Dyfan (New Work), and Malaya Press (Development), will each have paid year-long department-specific positions that include benefits and a hous…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:41AMFriday, July 1, 2022
6 writers, 10-minute plays, a 4-night run, the 13th season: how this eminent New York festival celebrating Black dramatists has multiplied its impact.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:32PMTuesday, June 28, 2022
Last weekend the seminal New York experimental ensemble feted a formidable legacy of collective creation, cross-pollination, and cultivation of generations of theatremakers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:25PMThe first awards go writers from Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:18AMMonday, June 27, 2022
James Ijames, Kristina Wong, and Sylvia Khoury talk about what inspired their award-worthy plays and how they shaped them.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:39PMPostponed by the pandemic, the latest iteration of Germany’s most famous Passion Play has returned with spectacle and spirit intact, minus some of its nastier legacies.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:26PMThe inaugural cohort includes Philip de Sa e Silva, Emma Y. Lai, Katie Rein, and Sunny Thao.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:36PMA Detroit native, she will join executive artistic director Leah Smith in running the 65-year-old theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:14PM'S D A (Someone Dies Again' may have been built by the Hungarian auteur and the California ensemble in an organic, communitarian way, but that didn't shield them, or audiences, from its howl…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:33AMWednesday, June 22, 2022
The former general manager of Oregon Shakes will join Woolly in an interim capacity this summer, succeeding Emika Abe in the position until a new director is selected.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:32PMThe Making Waves William S. Yellow Robe Jr. Playwright Residency Program will provide a stipend and training for a playwright to develop new work with an intersectional lens.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PMTwo NYC companies have joined forces to support the city's independent theatres and artists through grant-making, fundraising, and real estate challenges.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:18PMThis week, we share our live TCG conference session with arts journalist Sharon Eberson, City Theatre co-artistic director Monteze Freeland, and Quantum Theatre founder Karla Boos.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:59PMConnected by their love of theatre, a primarily white liberal arts institution and the largest HBCU in the country have come together to drive industry change and center underrepresented sto…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:45AMAfter 6 months as interim executive director, McClimon will step into the full role alongside artistic director Paige Evans.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:10AMThe plan begins with founding artistic director Ping Chong and longtime executive director Bruce Allardice stepping down at the end of 2022.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:54AMThis year in-person offerings and a musical theatre showcase have been added to the Detroit festival uplifting Black stories and playwrights.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:50AMTuesday, June 21, 2022
This month Brian talks to the 'Yoga Play' author about the absurdism of real life and how her globally forged voice meets contemporary American life.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PMFriday, June 17, 2022
This month Woodzick talks to the founder of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret about her origin story, gender cannibals, and the fine art of hosting.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:35AMThe honor goes to a freelance director focused on building just communities through generative work, consensus organizing, and research and development.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:55AMThursday, June 16, 2022
CLEVELAND: Cleveland Play House (CPH) board of directors has announced that regional theatre veteran Mark Cuddy has been appointed to serve as interim artistic director as the theatre seeks …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PMTuesday, June 14, 2022
This excerpt from a new book introducing performers to the unique world of the stage actor covers some of its unique rituals and traditions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:36PMThe experienced director and educator will suceed Andrew Borba in running the summer theatre in southwest New York state.
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