Mildred Lewis, DeLanna Studi, and Hope Villanueva will each receive $10,000 to support their acclaimed but under-produced work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:34AM[SHARE]This year's award, which will be presented to Petrona de la Cruz, includes a cash prize and travel expenses to New York City for the ceremony, along with a series of special events.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:08PM[SHARE]Now in its 55th year, Chicago's 2023 Equity Jeff Awards saw big wins for "The Who's Tommy" and "The Dream King."
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:34PM[SHARE]Youngblood will succeed Joe Gfaller, who departs the company at the end of the month to join Clear Space Theatre Company.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:12PM[SHARE]October saw Congress vote against theatre, Frederick Douglass inveighing against minstrelsy, a 'Shuffle Along' sequel, a gravity-defying musical, and the passing of a genre-defining playwrig…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:06PM[SHARE]Administered by L.A.'s Latino Theater Company, the 10-year program is designed to support, bolster, and encourage Latinx theatres nationwide.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:33AM[SHARE]She'll get the honor, sponsored by the Miranda Family, for her play 'On the Eastside,' with following prizes going to Christin Eve Cato and José Luis Useche.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:26PM[SHARE]Their new play for the Guthrie is a comedy, in large part because that's what the Native community in the Twin Cities asked for.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM[SHARE]The annual award recognizes an individual working in the theatre field who is committed to increasing Latinx representation across disciplines and includes a $5,000 unrestricted prize.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:37PM[SHARE]The award is granted annually to a Minnesota artist and comes with a $100,000 prize.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:14PM[SHARE]Long associated with the New York-based Phoenix Theater, she went to work as a general manager on several Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:04AM[SHARE]Box office isn't the main revenue source for most nonprofit theatres, nor is pricing the biggest barrier for most patrons---but both sides of this exchange could benefit from more transparen…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:31AM[SHARE]In the waning days of the 2022-23 season, I had a realization: Much of what appeared to be thriving onstage where I live in the Washington, D.C., area had been born elsewhere. This was the c…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:31AM[SHARE]How a 68-seat cultural gem on the Jersey shore has stood the test of time for the sake of new plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:31PM[SHARE]Jacob, known as "the Godfather of Sound," will receive the lifetime achievement award at the Henry Hewes Design Awards on Oct. 23.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:48AM[SHARE]An experienced director, he will look to deepen and strengthen the company's working-class programming.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:00AM[SHARE]This month Woodzick talks to the Seattle-based director about creating a safe yet accountable rehearsal room, taking Shakespeare off a pedestal, and embracing body hair.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:16PM[SHARE]How 2 directors on either side of the U.S./Mexico border created a traveling theatre piece that both demystifies and complicates the stories of fronterizos.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:48PM[SHARE]As the fall season gets under way, Chicago's theatre scene offers plenty to be excited about, even as issues in the field continue to bubble under the surface.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PM[SHARE]This year's recipients include design team dots, costume designer Brenda Abbandandolo, lighting designer Barbara Samuels, sound designer Tei Blow, media designer Kameron Neal, and pupp…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:12PM[SHARE]This year's grants will support innovative and socially engaged productions at theatres in Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:45PM[SHARE]He plans to leave at the end of 2024-25 season, after more than 3 decades at the theatre, and more than 4 decades in theatre administration.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:14PM[SHARE]As the Congo Square executive director dons a new leadership hat for the African American Arts Alliance of Chicago, she's centering community and the needs of Chicago's Black artists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:34PM[SHARE]At La MaMa last spring, the two directors gathered to talk about actors, audiences, censorship, dislocation, and the haven of the rehearsal room.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:16PM[SHARE]This month Brian talks to Nathan Alan Davis about growing up with performer parents and how his own parenting influences his work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:52PM[SHARE]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 03:27PM[SHARE]Lear deBessonet, Nataki Garrett, and Clyde Valentin will lead the public works project.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:54PM[SHARE]Bringing 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 01:09PM[SHARE]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 03:35PM[SHARE]In 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 03:35PM[SHARE]With 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.
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