Friday, March 25, 2022
On this episode the editors talk to the director of the drama '7 Minutes' about labor, management, and new-play development .
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:03PMThe original Orin Dennis from 'Children of Lesser God,' the self-starting Merkin had a rich career as a Deaf theatre innovator, mentor, and raconteur.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:47PMTuesday, March 22, 2022
A seasoned fundraiser, she is tasked with activating and growing TCG's major gifts and planned giving.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:17PM6 new short plays with an Afrofuturist focus will be created by native Detroit artists over the span of 48 hours and performed live on Sunday, March 27.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:04AMMonday, March 21, 2022
The 5th annual festival will run April 1-10 and will feature a lineup of 85 shows and events from 64 organizations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:29AMThursday, March 17, 2022
The Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account, which tracks the annual economic impact of U.S. arts and cultural production, has recorded areas of loss and growth during the pandemic.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:40PMMatthew Capodicasa, Gloria Majule, and Alex Riad are the first playwrights selected by the Judith Champion Launch Commissioning Program.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:57AMWednesday, March 16, 2022
The program, a collaboration among BTU, CUNY, and 4 entertainment marketing and ad agencies, will offer paid summer internships to 8 undergraduate students, with the aim of increasing access…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:33PMTuesday, March 15, 2022
Despite small gains by women, non-binary folks, and people of color, union data confirm that cis white men remain most visible and well paid actors and stage managers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:02PM5 early-career musical theatre creators or teams will receive $10,000 unrestricted grants, along with residencies, concerts, and recording opportunities.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:19PMMonday, March 14, 2022
From regional theatres to Broadway, stars minted by RuPaul are showing up in a wide range of roles, pointing the way toward a more inclusively fabulous field.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:48PMThe editors speak to the playwright of ‘Dream Hou$e,’ a new play about gentrification, sisterhood, and reality TV, now onstage at Long Wharf Theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:58PMActors Theatre of Louisville has cancelled this year's new-play fest to pivot to other means of supporting and lifting playwrights' work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:17PMThursday, March 10, 2022
How Lloyd Suh’s ‘The Chinese Lady’ made it through 2 years of pandemic, protest, and anti-Asian hate to emerge as the nation's most-produced and possibly most essential play.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:36PMThe show felt very special in 2020, but it means even more now, colored by the loss of the past 2 years.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:35PMThe work of understudies, standbys, and swings is always exhausting and show-saving, but it took a pandemic to get most audiences and even the industry to recognize their value.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:34PMFriday, March 4, 2022
The Bloomington Playwrights Project (BPP), Cardinal Stage, and Pigasus Institute will join forces starting in July 2022 to establish a comprehensive performing arts organization in Southern …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:40PMWednesday, March 2, 2022
The theatre's founder and artistic director will step down in 2023 after an acclaimed 36-year run.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:39PMTuesday, March 1, 2022
Talene Monahon's new comedy casts Shakespeare and his inspirations in a new light.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:30PMHe will leave his post as general manager at Yale Rep to co-lead ART with artistic director Diane Paulus starting in June.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:17PMMonday, February 28, 2022
The $3,000 prize from the Adrienne Shelly Foundation will support the writing of Gmitter's new play, 'The Night Witches,' about a group of Soviet female combat pilots.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:45AMShe will succeed Coya Paz Brownrigg, who has served as interim dean since July 2021.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:13AMFriday, February 25, 2022
The Creatives Rebuild initiative provides either guaranteed income or employment funding for artists and arts institutions across New York State.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:30PMThursday, February 24, 2022
More than half of scholarships and subsides for the June gathering in Pittsburgh will go to applicants from communities that are under-represented in the field of theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:13PMWednesday, February 23, 2022
The Muny's online auditions for ‘Legally Blonde’ found an unexpectedly wide audience on the app, but were these dancers actually up for the part, or just building their following?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:18PMKyra Sims has been named the first Co-AD of New York Neo-Futurists, alongside current co-artistic director Rob Neill.
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