Monday, May 15, 2023
A former editor for this magazine from Chicago, Pierce will lead coverage of the Midwest's great theatre city and its wider impact and influence.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:48PMsnem DeSellier, Yoni Light, and Dakota Blankenship will participate in a 7-month development program to provide time, financial support, and mentoring.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:50PMThis season SPACE plans to honor existing commitments to a cohort of over 40 artists who applied and were accepted, but whose residencies have had to be deferred primarily due to the pandem…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:47AMFriday, May 12, 2023
The new musical 'The Pursuit of Happiness (or The Wacky Lesbian Adventures of Brillo Pad and Hula Hoop)' will headline the festival.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:56PMBoth with his Tectonic collaborators and on his own, the playwright-director has always explored the architecture of theatre and its potential social impact.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:33AMThe show's producer makes the case for recognizing non-traditional forms---including dance-driven, non-narrative shows like this---on Broadway.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:46AMThursday, May 11, 2023
The award comes with a 9-month residency, housing, rehearsal space, a $20,000 stipend, and an $8,000 play development budget, and it culminates in a final showcase.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:13PMThe Bay Area Playwrights Festival will become a biennial hybrid offering, the Resident Playwrights program will become a 2-year residency, and the foundation will conclude their Rough Readin…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:05PMThe 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 07:00AMWednesday, May 10, 2023
A 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 09:56AMTuesday, May 9, 2023
The 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 03:13PMMonday, May 8, 2023
The 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 09:20AMFriday, May 5, 2023
Six 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 01:00PMThursday, May 4, 2023
The 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 10:46AMWednesday, May 3, 2023
The 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 12:30PMTuesday, May 2, 2023
The festival will feature shorts, staged readings, and a Young Playwrights Festival.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:11PM 
