The 3-week-long event will offer ticketed and free events at various venues throughout Milwaukee this summer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:59PMAs the play-commissioning project Nuestro Planeta turns 1, a writer-director team revisits Colombia and learns of the strength of the Amazon communities.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:42PMLauren Mei, Zariyah Perry, and George Porteous have been recognized for their achievements in theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:34PMMorrow, who spent the last 8 years running San Diego's Diversionary Theatre, will lead the company in residency at the East Bay's Lesher Center for the Arts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:16AMThe company's 5-decade journey from Off-Off-Broadway outlier to Broadway powerhouse has been steered all along by the same 2 leaders.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:00AMA comic theatre staple that originated at the '87 Edinburgh Fringe, this speed-Shakespeare romp has gotten a new revision for the age of #MeToo and #Black Lives Matter.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:53PMThe festival, part of the EST/Sloan Project to develop plays exploring science and technology, continues through June 23.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:56AMThe departing leader of Baltimore Center Stage talks about the challenges the theatre field is facing, and about the changes she was able to make to address them.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:21PMHer 2022 play took home the $25,000 prize, while Madison Fiedler won the Osborn Prize and Suzan-Lori Parks and Rebecca Gilman received citations for their work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:13PMThe finalists are Aleshea Harris for 'On Sugarland' and Lloyd Suh for 'The Far Country.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:56PMCox will supervise the producing and casting teams.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:06PMThe 12 teenage playwrights hail from 5 different states, and this year's live presentations will be the first performed in person since 2019.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:27PMThe current and outgoing cohort of the D.C. playwriting collective reflect on 3 years of pandemic pivot, internal strain, and transformative growth.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:20AMSix New York-based artists will receive micro-residencies in Mexico City, while a second cohort of Mexican creators will be selected in fall 2023 for residencies in New York City.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:02PMEgan succeeds Linda DiGabriele, who served as managing director at Asolo Rep for 35 years.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:51PMThe artistic director’s departure caps a 4-year period of extraordinary promise, crisis, and controversy, while the festival seeks help with its next steps.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:00PMThe new partnership will launch this summer with playwrights York Walker and Dave Harris.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:06PMThe 2023 competition marks the first time that the prize has been awarded to more than one finalist.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:21PMHonorees in 5 categories each receive a $75,000 unrestricted prize and a CalArts residency.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:59AMA new biography of Sam Shepard focuses on the man as an icon rather than as a writer---though, as with everything in the late dramatist's work, such delineations are never so neat.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:11AMA look at two new reads for musical theatre fans: a thought-provoking analysis of Broadway’s body biases and a breezy memoir by dance icon Chita Rivera.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:46AMThe first in the Windy City since 2010 and the first nationwide TCG gathering since 2022, it will be held in a hybrid format in partnership with the League of Chicago Theatres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:30PMThe festival will feature shorts, staged readings, and a Young Playwrights Festival.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:11PMThe former general manager of the Broadway Dreams Foundation will serve as Red Bull's first executive director starting this month.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:09PMThe former theatre director and instructor at Xavier College Prep will work alongside producing artistic director Bobb Cooper and ultimately replace him when he retires.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:06PMFrom a famous British mimic’s take on American types to the development of Asian American work the West Coast, the month is packed with noteworthy developments.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:03AMGuadalís Del Carmen, Dave Harris, Rachel Lynett, and Sanaz Toossi will develop new works with support from the Binger Center for New Theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:27PMThis year's readings will feature works by Asian American and Pacific Islander playwrights.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:16PMThe fellowship comes with a $5,000 stipend, personalized mentorship, and a three-week incubation period, followed by a one-week developmental workshop and presentation of their work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:50PMFormer Raven production manager and artistic producer Cole von Glahn will assume the role of interim managing director at the beginning of May.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:27PMThe new 99-seat theatre will be called the Procope Theater in her honor.
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