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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Executive Producer Diane Borger to Step Down From ART by American Theatre Editors

After 11 years helping Harvard's resident theatre mount many works that went to Broadway, she'll return to her native London.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:39PM

Barrington Stage Company Announces 2021 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season features 3 world premieres and a combination of indoor and outdoor productions.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:34PM

Rachel Lynett Wins Yale Drama Series Prize by American Theatre Editors

Her 'Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You Too August Wilson)' imagines a protected Black state founded after a second Civil War.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:13PM

Tamilla Woodard Named Chair of Yale School Acting Department by American Theatre Editors

The experienced leader and teacher will also serve as resident director at Yale Rep for a five-year term.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:27AM

This Month in Theatre History by American Theatre Editors

A celebration of Arab American Heritage Month, from Khalil Gibran to the opening of Leila Buck’s 'Hkeelee (Talk to Me).'

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:42AM

Does Your Arts Organization Deserve to Come Back? by American Theatre Editors

If you haven’t committed to dismantling racism and ending harassment, don’t rush to reopen your doors.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:18AM
Monday, April 12, 2021

Amanda Green Named President of Dramatists Guild Council by American Theatre Editors

The first woman in the role, she succeeds Doug Wright and is joined by a slate of board officers including Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Kristoffer Diaz, and Christine Toy Johnson.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:58PM

Everyman Theatre Announces 2020-21 Season Updates by American Theatre Editors

'An Almost Holy Picture' will replace 'Sense and Sensibility' and the theatre will return to in-person performances in August.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:37PM

Meredith Suttles Named Managing Director of Marin Theatre Company by American Theatre Editors

Suttles, an experienced arts leader with fundraising and strategic planning background, joined the Bay Area company last week.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:05PM

Guggenheim Announces 2021 Fellows, Including 5 Theatre Artists by American Theatre Editors

This year's theatre fellows include L. M. Bogad, Rebecca Schneider, Mike Lew, Kaneza Schaal, and Sarah Cameron Sunde.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:36PM

Storied Selves: Biographies of Nichols and Stoppard by American Theatre Editors

Two new books about men whose charmed and eventful lives were as much acts of creation as the plays and films they produced.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:51PM
Friday, April 9, 2021

Under Jon Carr, Second City Looks For a Second Wind by American Theatre Editors

With a new leader and new owners, the Chicago comedy staple has expanded its digital reach while reorienting for the future and readying a live return.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:17PM
Thursday, April 8, 2021

No Playwright Is an Island by American Theatre Editors

New memoirs by Quiara Alegría Hudes and David Adjmi describe their arduous journeys to find themselves, as well as the communities that shaped them.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:57PM

Oregon Shakes Adds Anyania Muse to Leadership Team in New Role by American Theatre Editors

Muse joins the company in the newly created position of director of inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA).

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:13PM

Gulfshore Playhouse Announces 2021-22 Season by American Theatre Editors

The 5-show season will feature the final play of August Wilson's Century Cycle and a world premiere from Jeffrey Binder.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:06PM

Roundabout’s Reverb Fest to Showcase Disabled Artists From All Over the U.S. by American Theatre Editors

24 disabled artists worked with collaborating mentors over the past few weeks, and the results of their work go online today.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:56AM
Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Asians Under Attack: A Theatremakers’ Round Table by American Theatre Editors

7 Asian American theatre leaders reflect on the rise in both hate crimes and open racism, how they've responded, and the support they would like to see.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:20PM

Erika Dickerson-Despenza Wins 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize by American Theatre Editors

Her play 'cullud wattah' is honored, with Kimber Lee's 'The Water Palace' and Ife Olujobi's 'Jordans' also specially commended.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:14PM

Invisibility and Objectification Can Kill: American Theatre’s Anti-Asian Problem by American Theatre Editors

The racist stereotypes and erasure perpetuated on white-dominated U.S. stages have real-world consequences outside the theatre.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:54PM

No, LA Stage Alliance Didn’t Fold Over a Single Anti-Asian Blunder by American Theatre Editors

Systemic issues and a failure of leadership were behind the shuttering of the arts service org. Will BIPOC theatres and leaders step in to create something new?

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:34PM

Old Globe Names 4 New Resident Artists by American Theatre Editors

The artists will offer counsel and artistic insight to the Globe's leadership, participating in multiple steps of the selection and production process.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:01PM

LA New Play Project Announces New Grant Program by American Theatre Editors

The two-tiered program is aimed at stabilizing new productions originating on small and mid-size stages in Los Angeles.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:57PM
Tuesday, April 6, 2021

GableStage Names Bari Newport Producing Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

Newport, whose tenure began on April 1, succeeds Joe Adler.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:31PM

“CO2020”: Theatrical Postcards From a Rocky Year in Colorado by American Theatre Editors

How Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company crowdsourced a docutheatre piece on how a year of COVID, racist violence and protest, and political division felt in their state.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:24PM

South Coast Rep Announces 2021 Spring/Summer Season by American Theatre Editors

The season includes a return to live theatre outdoors at the historic Mission San Juan Capistrano.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:13PM

New Repertory Theatre Names M. Bevin O’Gara Interim Exec AD by American Theatre Editors

O'Gara will remain in the position as the company searches for a permanent artistic director to replace Michael J. Bobbitt.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:10AM
Monday, April 5, 2021

SDCF Names Dani Barlow Foundation Director by American Theatre Editors

Barlow has been serving as the SDCF's interim director since November.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:06PM

Catastrophic Theatre Names Laura Moreno to Be Managing Director by American Theatre Editors

Moreno, a Houston performer, artisan, and administrator, replaces Shayna Schlosberg.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:59PM

Equity Announces New Guidelines, Webinar on Vaccines by American Theatre Editors

The actor and stage manager union has issued new guidelines for fully vaccinated workplaces and will host a vaccine webinar on April 7.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:47PM
Friday, April 2, 2021

2 Theatres’ Way to Fight the Pandemic: Take It Outside by American Theatre Editors

Companies in Phoenix and Dallas hope to bring audiences back with open-air stagings as they wait for vaccination levels to make indoors safe again.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:20PM
Thursday, April 1, 2021

Scholar Uncovers Shakespeare ‘Quarantine’ Sonnet by American Theatre Editors

The poem fragment, uncovered in a museum in Northern England, may have been composed on a kind of toilet paper.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM

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