Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Last weekend the seminal New York experimental ensemble feted a formidable legacy of collective creation, cross-pollination, and cultivation of generations of theatremakers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:25PMThe first awards go writers from Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia.
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James Ijames, Kristina Wong, and Sylvia Khoury talk about what inspired their award-worthy plays and how they shaped them.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:39PMPostponed by the pandemic, the latest iteration of Germany’s most famous Passion Play has returned with spectacle and spirit intact, minus some of its nastier legacies.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:26PMThe inaugural cohort includes Philip de Sa e Silva, Emma Y. Lai, Katie Rein, and Sunny Thao.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:36PMA Detroit native, she will join executive artistic director Leah Smith in running the 65-year-old theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:14PM'S D A (Someone Dies Again' may have been built by the Hungarian auteur and the California ensemble in an organic, communitarian way, but that didn't shield them, or audiences, from its howl…
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The former general manager of Oregon Shakes will join Woolly in an interim capacity this summer, succeeding Emika Abe in the position until a new director is selected.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:32PMThe Making Waves William S. Yellow Robe Jr. Playwright Residency Program will provide a stipend and training for a playwright to develop new work with an intersectional lens.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PMTwo NYC companies have joined forces to support the city's independent theatres and artists through grant-making, fundraising, and real estate challenges.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:18PMThis week, we share our live TCG conference session with arts journalist Sharon Eberson, City Theatre co-artistic director Monteze Freeland, and Quantum Theatre founder Karla Boos.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:59PMConnected by their love of theatre, a primarily white liberal arts institution and the largest HBCU in the country have come together to drive industry change and center underrepresented sto…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:45AMAfter 6 months as interim executive director, McClimon will step into the full role alongside artistic director Paige Evans.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:10AMThe plan begins with founding artistic director Ping Chong and longtime executive director Bruce Allardice stepping down at the end of 2022.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:54AMThis year in-person offerings and a musical theatre showcase have been added to the Detroit festival uplifting Black stories and playwrights.
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This month Brian talks to the 'Yoga Play' author about the absurdism of real life and how her globally forged voice meets contemporary American life.
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This month Woodzick talks to the founder of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret about her origin story, gender cannibals, and the fine art of hosting.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:35AMThe honor goes to a freelance director focused on building just communities through generative work, consensus organizing, and research and development.
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CLEVELAND: Cleveland Play House (CPH) board of directors has announced that regional theatre veteran Mark Cuddy has been appointed to serve as interim artistic director as the theatre seeks …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PMTuesday, June 14, 2022
The experienced director and educator will suceed Andrew Borba in running the summer theatre in southwest New York state.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:58AMAfter a year as director of the theatre's director of inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA), she will move up to both oversee a wider variety of operations and to infuse IDEA value…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:42AMThe NYC-based company will next host Criminal Queerness Festival, welcoming theatremakers from nations where homosexuality is outlawed at a time when U.S. also faces renewed threats from the…
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The 2022 cohort includes 6 Pittsburgh-based BIPOC leaders in all theatre disciplines.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:11PMA recent reading of TyLie Shider's play 'Whittier,' about the aftermath of George Floyd's murder, brought together artists intent on sustaining the energy of the past 2 years of protest.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:02PMHailing from an accomplished Chicago family, she started in journalism, then went on to break barriers as an actor, playwright, and director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:36AMWhen he put 'Broadway' in a song lyric, Michael R. Jackson was unwittingly naming the destination, and the destiny, for his unapologetically Black and queer musical, which won the Best Music…
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After 25 years and more than 200 productions, Smith will step down in 2023 to make room for a new chapter at the D.C. theatre.
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Artists Nancy García Loza, Nabil Ince, Michael Manson, Aram Han Sifuentes, and Pramila Vasudevan will join with institutions to create projects fostering culturally vibrant, equitable, and …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:08PMAn excerpt from a new book about the lessons learned from staging the work of 2 major English writers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AMIn streamlining its offerings, the annual Omaha new-play gathering has gained what visiting artists see as an increase in collegiality, support, and breathing room.
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The Educational Theatre Association's annual statistics also show an uptick in theatre participation among young people, as in-person performances return.
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