Monday, May 16, 2022
New works by Samuel D. Hunter and by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire were named best play and best musical of 2021-22.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:47PMThursday, May 12, 2022
An intimate theatre with a focus on new plays and local stories, its season ends with the return of local star Terry Burrell as 'Lady Day.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:34PMInspired by the story of a DREAMer from Arizona, a new musical makes a humanizing case for the undocument immigrants whose rights he now advocates for.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:04AMTuesday, May 10, 2022
For this episode we talk to playwright Karen Hartman, who currently has 3 plays making NYC premieres in 59E59's first VOLT Festival.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:15AMFrom Edwin Booth's Richard III to the Federal Dance Project, from 'Fefu and Her Friends' to Odd Fellows Hall, this month featured some remarkable characters.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:20AMWednesday, May 4, 2022
Each award comes with a $75,000 prize and a residency at California Institute of the Arts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:21PMMonday, May 2, 2022
New England theatremakers Aaron Jafferis, Articine, Bess Welden, Sam Plattus, and creative team Gail Burton and Josie Bray have been awarded grants to support their work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:53PMThe year-long residency will provide her with the resources and space to develop her new play 'The Kit: Made by Martha.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:17PMThe new 3-year program will support writers, directors, designers, choreographers, and other generative artists in the creation of new works with a connection to the D.C. area.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:32PMFriday, April 29, 2022
The theatre's development and communications director will step into the job previously held by Amy Zimerman.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:29PMPlaywrights Calley N. Anderson, Brysen Boyd, Devon Kidd, and Zakeia Tyson-Cross will participate in LTC's 2022-23 Writing Residency Program, beginning in May.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:33PMThursday, April 28, 2022
The annual fellowship, established to support visionary Bay Area artists working in various disciplines, comes with unrestricted grants of $100,000, as well as supplemental support.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:18PMThe former general manager and CFO for TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will join the leadership of ETC in Santa Barbara.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:45AMSusan Dalian and Santiago Iacinti will join PlayPenn as associate artistic directors, leading up to the 2022 return of the annual New Play Development Conference.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:32AMThe longtime arts leader will leave the New York company for a role at Rhode Island's largest arts organization.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:13AMTuesday, April 26, 2022
The award, established by theatrical producer Barbara Whitman in 2021, comes with a $10,000 prize and recognizes a female, trans, or non-binary early-career director who has demonstrated uni…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:28PMThis week our guest is TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's artistic director Tim Bond, now directing August Wilson's 'Gem of the Ocean' there.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:57PMMonday, April 18, 2022
This year's summer reading series will feature works by Latinx playwrights René Marqués, Fausto Avendaño, María Irene Fornés, Rosalba Rolón, and Desmar Guevara.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:57PMThursday, April 14, 2022
The former associate artistic director of Roundabout Theatre Company brings 'new-play energy' to a post soon to be vacated by director John Doyle.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:19AMTuesday, April 12, 2022
It is the first debut play to receive the prize, which includes $25,000 and a signed limited-edition print by artist Willem de Kooning.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:32AMChiara Atik received the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for 'Poor Clare,' and Makasha Copeland received the M. Elizabeth Osborn Award for 'Extreme Home Makeover.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:07AMOn this episode, the editors talk to the founding artistic director of Mixed Blood Theatre, Jack Reuler, and his soon-to-be successor Mark Valdez about leadership, social justice, and the fu…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:01AMWednesday, April 6, 2022
The award, which comes with a $60,000 prize, recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting among emerging talents.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:18PMApril has been an eventful theatre month, from Mae West's obscenity charges to Shakespeare's birthday to the Tony Awards ceremony.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:33AMTuesday, April 5, 2022
After 18 and 50 years respectively at the helm of Asolo Rep, the theatre's producing artistic director and managing director will step down in June of 2023.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:59PMThe second round of 2021-22 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards, totaling $731,000, will support 16 world premiere productions with extended development and rehearsal time.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:51PMFriday, April 1, 2022
Presented in honor of his play 'tiny father,' the prize includes a $10,000 award and the accompanying $10,000 Jay Harris Commission to write a new play.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:56AMTuesday, March 29, 2022
53 percent of theatregoers are not in favor of ending the mask requirement on April 30, and 77 percent are very negative about eliminating the vaccination requirement.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:48PMThe $2.1 million in expedited arts funding includes $1.6 million for Chicago small arts organizations and $576,000 for general operating renewal grants.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:33PMMonday, March 28, 2022
The second annual youth playwriting festival, currently accepting short play submissions from students in grades 3-12, aims bring theatre education into Boston area classrooms.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:56PMFriday, March 25, 2022
On this episode the editors talk to the director of the drama '7 Minutes' about labor, management, and new-play development .
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