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Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Oregon Shakes to Combine Live, Digital Programming for 2021 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will feature virtual offerings on O! as well as onstage productions, including OSF's first winter season production.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM
Tuesday, February 16, 2021

The Subtext: The Many Forms of Jen Silverman by American Theatre Editors

This month Brian talks with the playwright of 'The Moors' and 'Collective Rage' about how writing for TV inspired her write a novel about the theatre.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:05PM
Monday, February 15, 2021

Starting Conversations With ‘Manic Monologues’ by American Theatre Editors

An interactive web portal combines theatre and education in an effort to destigmatize mental illness.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:48PM

After Years of Talk, Finally Some Money for Black Artists and Theatres by American Theatre Editors

Efforts like the Black Seed, the Drinking Gourd, Next Wave initiative, and the Sprinkle-Hamlin award are directing funding to develop work by Black artists.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:42PM
Friday, February 12, 2021

Impish, Wise, Generous: The Multitudes of Christopher Plummer by American Theatre Editors

A lifelong student and master storyteller, he knew exactly where to put the focus of his and our attention.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:49PM
Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Three on the Aisle: Cataclysm Criticism With Soraya Nadia McDonald by American Theatre Editors

This month the hosts talk to an award-winning colleague about gatekeeping and pandemic-era criticism.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:04PM
Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Letters to the Editor: Time Stopper, Funding Caution by American Theatre Editors

A stage manager's stopwatch keeps a COVID vigil, and a reader expresses skepticism about arts funding as a panacea.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:03PM

Hanane Hajj Ali, ‘Jogging’ for Survival in Beirut by American Theatre Editors

The Lebanese playwright/performer, who receives a major international award next week, talks about her work, where it comes from, and what it means in this fraught time.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:30PM
Monday, February 8, 2021

This Month in Theatre History by American Theatre Editors

A look at Black achievement in the theatre from Garland Anderson to Adrienne Kennedy.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:23PM
Friday, February 5, 2021

United States Artists Names 2021 USA Fellows by American Theatre Editors

This year, USA named 7 theatre and performance artists as part of its largest ever fellowship class.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:04PM

Cal Shakes Announces Shared 47th Season by American Theatre Editors

Cal Shakes will invite other Bay Area organizations to use its outdoor amphitheater.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:38PM

Red Eagle Soaring Hires Two Co-Artistic Directors in Residence by American Theatre Editors

Madeline Sayet and Tara Moses will join the organization for a nine-month residency.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:25PM

NEA Announces First Round of 2021 Funding by American Theatre Editors

Grants for Arts Projects awards span multiple disciplines, including theatre and musical theatre, and range from $10,000 to $100,000.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:23PM
Thursday, February 4, 2021

Centering Joy: Resolutions for a New Year, and a New Field by American Theatre Editors

Rebuilding will be challenging, but we must embrace abundance and celebrate possibility to create a better vision for the future.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:13PM

Realizing Life While They Ritualize It by American Theatre Editors

In Louisville, the informal Church of Grover's Corners has been reading and relishing 'Our Town' aloud every other month for a few years now.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:00AM
Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Announces 2021 Finalists by American Theatre Editors

This year's finalists include Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Miranda Rose Hall, Jiehae Park, and Beth Steel.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:21PM

In Call for National Arts Support, Don’t Overlook Young Audiences by American Theatre Editors

The soul-healing and community-building qualities of children's theatre, a key part of the Federal Theatre Project, should be central to any new deal for the arts.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:38PM

So What Could a ‘New Federal Theatre Project’ Actually Look Like? by American Theatre Editors

Growing calls for government arts support are welcome, even if the historical model of the 1930s is an imprecise analogy.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:36PM
Tuesday, February 2, 2021

The Sardonic, Curious, Unyielding John Heilpern by American Theatre Editors

The NY Observer's drama critic, a Brit, brought an outsider's inquisitiveness to the American theatre, as well as principled grouchiness.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:43PM

Relief Grants for Mid-Career Theatre Workers to Be Available by American Theatre Editors

Wendy C. Goldberg's TheFrontOffice Foundation will award money to folks impacted by the industry shutdown.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:01AM
Friday, January 29, 2021

Pig Iron Names Laurie Ortega-Murphy New Managing Director by American Theatre Editors

Ortega-Murphy will succeed Maya Choldin, who stepped down in October 2020 to accept a position at Theatre Calgary.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:14PM

Doug and ‘Hades’: A Remembrance by American Theatre Editors

Dramaturg Doug Langworthy shone his light on the work of others, but it finally couldn't lead him out of his own private darkness.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:21PM

Stages Repertory Theatre Announces Two Management Changes by American Theatre Editors

Managing director Mark Folkes will step down in April, while Eboni Bell will be promoted to inclusion, engagement, and training director in February.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:22PM

New Study: Arts Orgs to Stagger Return Plans, Try Alternative Venues by American Theatre Editors

Compared to TRG Arts' last study, U.S. companies are pushing back plans by an average of almost 4 more months.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:11PM

Hope Clarke: A Career of Being Ready for the Next Chance by American Theatre Editors

From the 'West Side Story' tour to television to work with George C. Wolfe, this performer/choreographer has followed each next step where it led.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:25AM
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Playwrights Horizons’ Almanac: Snapshots From a Pause by American Theatre Editors

The theatre's new literary magazine features writing by many artists, as well as many administrators, looking inward at the institution at a time of challenge and change.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:07AM
Friday, January 22, 2021

Ike Holter: Beyond the Playwright by American Theatre Editors

The pandemic has given the Chicago playwright a chance to step back and rethink his approach---and he hopes theatres are doing the same.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:21PM
Thursday, January 21, 2021

A Theatre of Marvels: What I Learned From Brecht and Weigel by American Theatre Editors

In this excerpt from André Gregory's 'This Is Not My Memoir,' he recounts his formative months at the Berliner Ensemble.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:36PM

Zoom Theatre at an HBCU: Doing the Pandemic Pivot by American Theatre Editors

Last fall we learned a new way to make theatre, not only with our students but with the audience and the community.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:09PM

Chester Theatre Co. Moves Summer 2021 Programming Outdoors by American Theatre Editors

The organization will partner with Hancock Shaker Village, a 750-acre living history museum, to present a summer slate under a tent.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:00PM

New Report: Audiences Want Vaccines and Masks Before They Return by American Theatre Editors

Other AudienceView findings: Many theatregoers would pay higher prices to offset lower capacity, though most aren't ready to go back till June at the earliest.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:39AM

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