Thursday, June 26, 2025
Manhattan Theatre Club’s founding leader will step into the new role of artistic advisor after 53 years at the company's helm.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:26PMWednesday, June 25, 2025
The previous general manager of Houston’s Alley Theatre comes to the Alliance with over two decades of theatre management experience.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:39PMSupported by Theater League of Kansas City, these unrestricted grants to 8 BITOC theatres allow them to advance communities through the arts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:13AM‘Stitching the Threads Together,’ a new literature review from Rand and the Wallace Foundation, details some of the specific ways that arts engagement affects youth well-being.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AMTuesday, June 24, 2025
As seen at a recent festival, theatre from Ukraine, Latvia, Germany, and Poland can't help but be shadowed by war and retrenchment in Eastern Europe, though there is still joy and art to fig…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:19PMA seasoned regional theatre leader who currently serves as managing director of San Francisco's ACT, Bielstein is at last taking a leadership role in her home state.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:00AMLed by the climate activist who disrupted 'Enemy of the People' last year, the performance marks the biggest project yet from a production house focused on works addressing climate change.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:12AM2 Philadelphia companies will collaborate under Heishman’s artistic direction for a joint season of new plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:10AMMonday, June 23, 2025
In addition to the new name—a subversive reclamation of a misnomer for its founder—the company's new chapter will include a co-leadership model and a continued emphasis on new work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:00PMCurrently OSF's director of marketing and sales, Dubon will replace Gabriella Calicchio while a permanent successor is found.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:11PMLongtime artists, staff, and board members will provide artistic guidance, as producing artistic director Nik Whitcomb departs from Bag&Baggage.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:07PMFriday, June 20, 2025
Reiner joins the company after 10 years as the NEA’s director of theatre and musical theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:39PMA roundup of awards, fellowships, and other recognitions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:28PMThursday, June 19, 2025
Madhuri Shekar's play, about an intergenerational family tussle over a restaurant and its menu, has its belated Chicago debut in a co-production of Writers Theatre and TimeLine Theatre Compa…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:34PMArtificial intelligence can’t write plays or replace in-person gathering, but with a human-centered focus it might help theatres run better and develop more responsive audiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMTuesday, June 17, 2025
The Southwest's TYA mainstay has been stirring kids' imaginations, and taking their shows on the road in their region and nationally, for nearly 5 decades.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:39AMMonday, June 16, 2025
Five years after an anti-racist manifesto challenged the theatre industry, we search for answers and accountability.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMFriday, June 13, 2025
The creative team behind a new musical at ACT honors their oft-disrespected Oakland home, telling a story about its overlooked tech contributions with a locally brewed hip-hop sound.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:47AMThursday, June 12, 2025
This month's guests are Shakina Nayfack, Ashley Robinson, and Dan Gillespie Sells, who have turned an iconic 1970s play into a musical, and arts journalist Billy McEntee.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:38PMWednesday, June 11, 2025
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Sara Bareilles, Catherine Brunell, and Creel’s friends partner with the Wing to establish the new fellowship.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:58AMA roundup of queer theatre festivals across the country this June.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:51AMTuesday, June 10, 2025
Launched by Wales Millennium Centre and Crossover Labs, Annwn is the first global award celebrating art that incorporates immersive technology.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:55PMWith this year’s Summerworks festival, the New York City company reaffirms its commitment to new voices in a variety of registers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:49PMMonday, June 9, 2025
Coby and Chris Orman are living a long-held dream by alternating as Frankie Valli in a Kansas City dinner theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:25PMThe Baltimore theatre’s founding artistic director will retire at the end of the upcoming 2025-26 season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:13PMThursday, June 5, 2025
A Golden Globe-winning theatre founder, the start for postdramatic theatre legends, and a William Finn world premiere.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AMLaTeshia Ellerson reflects on foundational shifts in the country and field, and how collaboration can lead us forward.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMIn his Editor's Note, Rob Weinert-Kendt reflects on the existential questions of recent years and not losing track of what's important.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMWednesday, June 4, 2025
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions from late May and early June.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:29PMBrian talks to the Minneapolis-based playwright about learning from criticism, connecting with collaborators, and finding his voice.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:00PMLast month's D.C.-area gathering of makers and advocates of theatre for young people offered a radical yet knowing optimism about the industry and the art form at an especially urgent time.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:40AM 
