Friday, September 22, 2023
At La MaMa last spring, the two directors gathered to talk about actors, audiences, censorship, dislocation, and the haven of the rehearsal room.
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This month Brian talks to Nathan Alan Davis about growing up with performer parents and how his own parenting influences his work.
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She'll have run the company she founded for 45 years, after leading it from 2 Off-Broadway theatres to join 3 other nonprofits who also run Broadway houses.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:27PMLear deBessonet, Nataki Garrett, and Clyde Valentin will lead the public works project.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:54PMBringing together activists, citizens, and theatremakers to dramatize extraction's impact on local communities, this unique theatre project has created a community all its own.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:09PMTuesday, September 19, 2023
In a triptych of plays, now onstage in Santa Monica, Calif., the Ukrainian playwright responds with ferocity to the invasion of his country.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:35PMIn taking a solo show to Kyiv, I joined in a statement of solidarity, common humanity, and everyday expression in the face of invasion.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:35PMWith a book by Eric Simonson and songs by the Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano, Milwaukee Rep brings a legendary true crime saga to the city where it began.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:33PMOn this episode Kelundra and J.R. talk to the Atlanta playwright about Chicago's month-long celebration in her honor, the value of community-driven storytelling, and her new play 'Something …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:40AMPhiladelphia Theatre Company and others have received project funding.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:34AMAs he caps his 30-year tenure, the University of Chicago Office of the Provost will lead a comprehensive search for his successor in the coming months.
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Guadalís Del Carmen, Cassandra Medley, Aya Ogawa, and Kit Yan will each receive unrestricted cash awards of $30,000.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:50PMThe report analyzes a variety of data about NTP advisors, grantees, and creators.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:04PMThe fourth of this prolific playwright's 2023 premieres, 'The Refuge Plays,' is also his most ambitious and searching.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AMSelected from the second largest applicant pool in the Fellowship's century-plus history, they will join a diverse group at the residency's New England grounds.
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The annual celebration returns with discounted performances, discussions, and other events.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:00PMIn her new Off-Broadway piece 'Death, Let Me Do My Show,' the actor-writer-songwriter frankly and funnily revisits the traumas and joys of the past 4 years.
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This year's writers are T.J.L, J.C. Pankratz, Eliana Theologides Rodriguez, Jesús I. Valles, Nimisha Ladva, Malena Pennycook, and Sarah Saltwick.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:53PM2 creative producers get a boost from a program encouraging new generations to follow in the footsteps of theatremakers like its namesake, Harold Prince.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:16PMThe festival will feature works from multiple transgender, nonbinary, and Two Spirit artists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:42PMWhy has my 1997 two-hander proven so durable around the world? It might have something to do with my attention to detail in the many translations and updates.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:00PMTuesday, September 12, 2023
Satya Chavéz, Candrice Jones, and Jonathan Norton have all been tapped to write new plays for the Arkansas theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:15PMAmong his duties will be to help position the theatre for a full leadership turnover, including of retiring artistic director Kenn McLaughlin.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:48PMA bard of Kansas City, Kans., he was a warm, mischievous truth teller whose plays reflected his life yet somehow showed us ourselves as well.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PMIn a book excerpt, the seasoned playwright offers insights and advice, not only about how to write but about how to think about your writing productively.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:23PMMcCraney's appointment is effective immediately, and he succeeds Matt Shakman, who stepped down in February.
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Each of the recipients---Ebony M. Burton, Mextly Couzin, Mika Eubanks, Wilberth González, Kathy Ruvuna, Gerardo Díaz Sánchez, and Destinee Steele---will receive grants up to $15,000.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:55PMThe former executive director of Arkansas's TheatreSquared has just taken the same job at Princeton's McCarter Theatre Center, and he's ready to open the gates.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:30AMFriday, September 8, 2023
Ariana Sarfarazi has been named the company's new executive director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:21PMAfter 13 years in Creede, DiAntonio will relocate to Cedar City in November.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:11PM13 NYC performance venues will receive two-year, unrestricted general operating grants of $10,000.
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