Monday, April 18, 2022
Every April for decades, producers, theatre mavens, and critics would gather to binge new plays at the Festival of New American Plays. But not this April.
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Kareem Fahmy launched a database to match diverse directors with theatres who were hiring, and while it has made a difference, there's still a need for it.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMWednesday, April 13, 2022
In this reboot of their podcast for AT magazine, Woodzick talks to Seattle-based writer-performer Sara Porkalob, who will next appear in '1776.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:41PMFor 30 years he's run the theatre founded by Mamet and Macy, and still found time to direct.
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2 new fellowships in directing and stage management will begin next year.
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This month the author of 'August: Osage County' and 'The Minutes' talks about acting, writing, the mystique of Chicago, and the heartbreak of Oklahoma.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:42PMFriday, April 8, 2022
The theatre also announced that Triza Cox will serve as the associate artistic director its Theatre for Change program.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:43PMWhen this go-to choreographer is doing his storytelling job right, you may not even notice the dancing at all---but he's got more moves in store.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:16AMThis year's 180 fellows also include 6 choreographers and two scholars of performance and dance, respectively.
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Maharaj was producing artistic director at the Florida company for just six months.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:37PMThis excerpt from a new book about performance activism looks at pandies theatre, which has devised plays with and for marginalized youth in the slums of New Delhi.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:50AMWednesday, April 6, 2022
L.A. playwrights and producers can submit work until June 1.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PMAfter years of soul-searching, this summer's LMDA conference in Philly promises to engage the whole field in a fresh, inclusive dialogue about which forms sustain us (and which don't).
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:05PMFriday, April 1, 2022
The Sondheim/Wheeler classic about bloody revenge is the basis for a 10-episode musical series for the popular streamer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:08AMThursday, March 31, 2022
Far from simply preaching tolerance among Jews, Christians, and Muslims, this 18th-century comic fable insists on true inclusion and fellowship.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:32PMIn two new plays at the Huntington, the 'Luck of the Irish' playwright debuts 2 new plays drawing on her family dynamics and Boston roots, respectively.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:27PMTuesday, March 29, 2022
A new theatre piece based on a Claudia Rankine essay may be educational for white audiences, but for Black audiences it's merely relatable.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:39PMThe Dramatists Guild Legal Defense Fund's new toolkit is designed to help students and educators to both responsibly and freely produce theatre in academic settings.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:27PMToner, a 60-year veteran of regional theatre from New Jersey to L.A. to Mississippi, will continue to direct projects and raise money for the Texas theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:35AMIn this special episode, recorded live in Madison, Wisc., Brian interviews the poet/playwright who wrote 'The Mytilenean Debate' for Forward Theater.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMMonday, March 28, 2022
Amid a rise in anti-Asian hate incidents, the new fund will subsidize transportation for Asian American performers who don't feel safe riding mass transit.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:49AMMonday, March 21, 2022
The experimental theatremaker and scholar looks back at the Civil Rights era, the Free Southern Theater, and the time he directed August Wilson in Johannesburg.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:04PMFriday, March 18, 2022
She'll leave in June after 9 years in the top spot, and a dozen years with the theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:22PMFor 50 years, Su Teatro Culture and Performing Arts Center has been a Denver-area home for storytelling, learning, and community engagement.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:24PMThe award is given annually to a design graduate of the Yale School of Drama.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:37AMThursday, March 17, 2022
For this special episode in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Brian compiles messages from theatre artists in the U.S., the U.K., Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:49PMAs this dramaturg/producer plans her first season at the theatre, she's looking both outward and inward.
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Julissa Contreras, Daniela Gonzalez y Perez, Luis Roberto Herrera, and Phanésia Pharel are this year's recipients.
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Brian talks to the playwright, whose new play 'King James' is playing at Steppenwolf, about war, sports, and writing what you want.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMFriday, March 11, 2022
The last 2 years forced us to face fundamental uncertainty and loss, and that's a gift that will keep on giving.
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A look at 8 shows that the pandemic cut short, what's happened to them since, and what might be next.
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