Friday, June 20, 2025
A roundup of awards, fellowships, and other recognitions.
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Madhuri Shekar's play, about an intergenerational family tussle over a restaurant and its menu, has its belated Chicago debut in a co-production of Writers Theatre and TimeLine Theatre Compa…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:34PMArtificial intelligence can’t write plays or replace in-person gathering, but with a human-centered focus it might help theatres run better and develop more responsive audiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMTuesday, June 17, 2025
The Southwest's TYA mainstay has been stirring kids' imaginations, and taking their shows on the road in their region and nationally, for nearly 5 decades.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:39AMMonday, June 16, 2025
Five years after an anti-racist manifesto challenged the theatre industry, we search for answers and accountability.
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The creative team behind a new musical at ACT honors their oft-disrespected Oakland home, telling a story about its overlooked tech contributions with a locally brewed hip-hop sound.
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This month's guests are Shakina Nayfack, Ashley Robinson, and Dan Gillespie Sells, who have turned an iconic 1970s play into a musical, and arts journalist Billy McEntee.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:38PMWednesday, June 11, 2025
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Sara Bareilles, Catherine Brunell, and Creel’s friends partner with the Wing to establish the new fellowship.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:58AMA roundup of queer theatre festivals across the country this June.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:51AMTuesday, June 10, 2025
Launched by Wales Millennium Centre and Crossover Labs, Annwn is the first global award celebrating art that incorporates immersive technology.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:55PMWith this year’s Summerworks festival, the New York City company reaffirms its commitment to new voices in a variety of registers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:49PMMonday, June 9, 2025
Coby and Chris Orman are living a long-held dream by alternating as Frankie Valli in a Kansas City dinner theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:25PMThe Baltimore theatre’s founding artistic director will retire at the end of the upcoming 2025-26 season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:13PMThursday, June 5, 2025
A Golden Globe-winning theatre founder, the start for postdramatic theatre legends, and a William Finn world premiere.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AMLaTeshia Ellerson reflects on foundational shifts in the country and field, and how collaboration can lead us forward.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMIn his Editor's Note, Rob Weinert-Kendt reflects on the existential questions of recent years and not losing track of what's important.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMWednesday, June 4, 2025
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions from late May and early June.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:29PMBrian talks to the Minneapolis-based playwright about learning from criticism, connecting with collaborators, and finding his voice.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:00PMLast month's D.C.-area gathering of makers and advocates of theatre for young people offered a radical yet knowing optimism about the industry and the art form at an especially urgent time.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:40AMIn a change addressing significant financial challenges for the small nonprofit, DCT will scale back productions and pause its education program.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:03AMThe 2025-26 cohort of Jose Solís's residency comprises 12 writers in a yearlong partnership with three organizations dedicated to creating opportunities for theatre critics of color.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:33AMMonday, June 2, 2025
The festival, running June 3-8 at the Brick, plans to feature work by trans artists for trans audiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:24PMDe Leon succeeds Lily Tung Crystal and interim artistic director Katie Bradley, and will lead the Midwest’s largest Asian American theatre company alongside managing director Ann Thu T. Ph…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:58PMMichael Urie and the festival's co-founders are bringing Pride Plays to the nation’s capital for this year’s 50th anniversary of WorldPride.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:27AMFriday, May 30, 2025
The late playwright of 'Love! Valour! Compassion!' gets an official marker in New York City.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:17PMTaylor Mac, whose new play 'Prosperous Fools' is loosely inspired by 'Le Bourgeois gentilhomme,' and Jeffrey Hatcher, who has a new adaptation of 'The Imaginary Invalid,' talk comedy, cathar…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:51PMThursday, May 29, 2025
Having served since 2022, he will leave to begin a new chapter of public service, including studies in urban planning.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:35PMThe inaugural four-day festival (running June 26-29) will showcase queer creators of color in dance, theatre, and collaborative artmaking.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:15PMThe scholarship, administered by Theatre Communications Group, supports early-career costume designers through professional development.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:00PMTuesday, May 27, 2025
The most recent edition of South Coast Rep's annual play-development gathering showcased moving works about loss and reupped the theatre's long-standing commitment to emerging writers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:09PMThe business case for a more diverse American theatre is a distraction from our core human and artistic values, which is the ground we must stand on in the fight for DEI.
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