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Thursday, April 8, 2021

Roundabout’s Reverb Fest to Showcase Disabled Artists From All Over the U.S. by American Theatre Editors

24 disabled artists worked with collaborating mentors over the past few weeks, and the results of their work go online today.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:56AM
Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Asians Under Attack: A Theatremakers’ Round Table by American Theatre Editors

7 Asian American theatre leaders reflect on the rise in both hate crimes and open racism, how they've responded, and the support they would like to see.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:20PM

Erika Dickerson-Despenza Wins 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize by American Theatre Editors

Her play 'cullud wattah' is honored, with Kimber Lee's 'The Water Palace' and Ife Olujobi's 'Jordans' also specially commended.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:14PM

Invisibility and Objectification Can Kill: American Theatre’s Anti-Asian Problem by American Theatre Editors

The racist stereotypes and erasure perpetuated on white-dominated U.S. stages have real-world consequences outside the theatre.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:54PM

No, LA Stage Alliance Didn’t Fold Over a Single Anti-Asian Blunder by American Theatre Editors

Systemic issues and a failure of leadership were behind the shuttering of the arts service org. Will BIPOC theatres and leaders step in to create something new?

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:34PM

Old Globe Names 4 New Resident Artists by American Theatre Editors

The artists will offer counsel and artistic insight to the Globe's leadership, participating in multiple steps of the selection and production process.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:01PM

LA New Play Project Announces New Grant Program by American Theatre Editors

The two-tiered program is aimed at stabilizing new productions originating on small and mid-size stages in Los Angeles.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:57PM
Tuesday, April 6, 2021

GableStage Names Bari Newport Producing Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

Newport, whose tenure began on April 1, succeeds Joe Adler.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:31PM

“CO2020”: Theatrical Postcards From a Rocky Year in Colorado by American Theatre Editors

How Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company crowdsourced a docutheatre piece on how a year of COVID, racist violence and protest, and political division felt in their state.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:24PM

South Coast Rep Announces 2021 Spring/Summer Season by American Theatre Editors

The season includes a return to live theatre outdoors at the historic Mission San Juan Capistrano.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:13PM

New Repertory Theatre Names M. Bevin O’Gara Interim Exec AD by American Theatre Editors

O'Gara will remain in the position as the company searches for a permanent artistic director to replace Michael J. Bobbitt.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:10AM
Monday, April 5, 2021

SDCF Names Dani Barlow Foundation Director by American Theatre Editors

Barlow has been serving as the SDCF's interim director since November.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:06PM

Catastrophic Theatre Names Laura Moreno to Be Managing Director by American Theatre Editors

Moreno, a Houston performer, artisan, and administrator, replaces Shayna Schlosberg.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:59PM

Equity Announces New Guidelines, Webinar on Vaccines by American Theatre Editors

The actor and stage manager union has issued new guidelines for fully vaccinated workplaces and will host a vaccine webinar on April 7.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:47PM
Friday, April 2, 2021

2 Theatres’ Way to Fight the Pandemic: Take It Outside by American Theatre Editors

Companies in Phoenix and Dallas hope to bring audiences back with open-air stagings as they wait for vaccination levels to make indoors safe again.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:20PM
Thursday, April 1, 2021

Scholar Uncovers Shakespeare ‘Quarantine’ Sonnet by American Theatre Editors

The poem fragment, uncovered in a museum in Northern England, may have been composed on a kind of toilet paper.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM
Wednesday, March 31, 2021

The Road Less Chosen and the Pathway Unknown by American Theatre Editors

How our theatre got through a trying and bewildering year, and is poised to move forward this year and beyond.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:55PM

The Pathbreaking Excellence of Douglas Turner Ward by American Theatre Editors

Colleagues recall the vision and tenacity of one of the American theatre's essential founders and leaders.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:49PM

Craig ‘muMs’ Grant Wasn’t Just a Poet; to Me He Was Poetry by American Theatre Editors

A tribute to the poet, playwright, and actor from a friend who knew him since junior high.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:56AM
Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Send in the Activist Clowns by American Theatre Editors

One secret to the newly powerful social disruption unleashed by the bouffon and his ilk: They're laughing at you, not with you.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:11PM
Friday, March 26, 2021

Helen Mirren, Olga Garay-English to Deliver World Theatre Day Messages by American Theatre Editors

Garay-English is a global arts leader working on California-based, national, and international projects.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:52PM

This Time It’s Personal: 600 Highwaymen’s Intimate ‘A Thousand Ways’ by American Theatre Editors

The acclaimed company has built a tripartite show about the space between us in which we must do a lot of the connecting.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:47PM

Practicing Disability Justice, Honoring Wholeness Onstage by American Theatre Editors

How disabled performing artists are challenging ableism, building access, and imagining new worlds.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:12AM

Inclusion: We Can’t Do It Alone by American Theatre Editors

Disability inclusion can't simply be tacked on as an extra in theatre's budgets and planning; it must be intentional and funded. The good news is that it benefits everyone.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:10AM

The How and the What: Access, Justice, and Disability Aesthetic  by American Theatre Editors

A roundtable of theatremakers talk about their work, how they make it, and models for inclusive spaces for both artists and audiences.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:08AM

What Disability Leadership Looks Like by American Theatre Editors

The theatre field is white-dominated, and disabled and D/deaf companies would seem to be no exception—unless we look deeper and think more intersectionally.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:06AM

Taking ADA From the Page to the Stage by American Theatre Editors

Now 30 years old, the Americans with Disabilities Act has made historic access achievements for audiences. Now how about access for performers and backstage workers?

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:04AM

15 Theatre Workers You Should Know by American Theatre Editors

Here are some folks to have on your radar, from writers to designers, from choreographers to arts administrators.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:02AM

The Advisory by American Theatre Editors

Meet the field leaders who helped us ideate and create this package of stories.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM
Thursday, March 25, 2021

PPP2, SVOG, OMG: What You Need to Know About Relief for Your Theatre by American Theatre Editors

Help is on the way, but while there are resources available, no single expert is going to explain or fix it all for you.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:19PM
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Yilong Liu: In the Liminal Space, What Dreams May Come by American Theatre Editors

The playwright of 'PrEP Play, or Blue Parachute' talks about expectations, intimacy, and the Zoom revolution.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:58PM