Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Offerings this week range from Noël Coward to the avant-garde, from kids' theatre to a virtual fringe fest.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:55PMMonday, August 10, 2020
The playwright will develop a new play with students of Florida's Hillsborough Community College.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:37PMThe communications exec, who's working with Milwaukee Rep for 10 months on EDI, talks about building relationships and engaging diverse communities.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:09PMMegan Monaghan Rivas, Kyle Haden, Dick Block and Amy Nichols will lead after Peter Cooke's retirement in September.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:44PMThe series kicks off with short solo plays by women of color in celebration of the centennial of the 19th Amendment.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:35PMMore than a rebranding, the organization's new focus is designed to better resource Black artists and drive social change.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:22PMThe company has decided to push its season start to 2021, and has moved its annual new-play festival online.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:11PMFriday, August 7, 2020
The season, which will now begin in November, will feature two world premieres and a Pulitzer winner.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:28PMMy relationship with the great theatre critic began with a wary interview but soon gave way to a lifetime of anecdotes, confidences, and laughter.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:02PMRisa Shoup is the company's interim executive director, with Virginia Louloudes on leave after concerns were raised about her leadership.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:02AMThursday, August 6, 2020
The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University is researching safety protocols that could help Atlanta theatres eventually reopen.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:54PMMost theatres recognize that all-white seasons and casts are wrong. So why are administration, management, and staff still so homogeneous?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:47AMWednesday, August 5, 2020
Theatre students and alumni join the anti-racist groundswell in the U.S. theatre to pen statements speaking up about their experiences and demanding change.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:11PMA new site celebrates the designs for canceled productions and offers a peek behind the scenes.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:20AMTuesday, August 4, 2020
Kirya Traber and Estefanía Fadul will receive financial and administrative support to development new works as part of the residency program.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:01PMThe Chicago company welcomes Selemon to the leadership team.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:51PMFrom the first staging of an English-language on U.S. soil to the founding of Arena Stage, August has been a hot month for theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:16PMThree books look at the lives and impact of three influential 20th-century directors.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:58PMThe 10-minute plays are written and directed by Black women.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:51AMMonday, August 3, 2020
The Chicago company will elevate ensemble member Kamille Dawkins to interim artistic director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:28PMDavis will join the leadership team alongside current AD Nina Meehan, who will become the company's CEO.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:25PMA series of new-play festivals are rolling out this week, as are a murder mystery musical, some online book clubs, and BD Wong in 'Songs From an Unmade Bed.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:19PMSometimes the best thing you can do for a theatre company you've built is to leave it for others to make their own.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:04PMThe Chicago company has also announced a new online Industry Training Institute.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:55PMThe inaugural fellowship will support 10 Black, female-identifying artist activists over the course of 6 months.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:21AMFriday, July 31, 2020
The virtual workshops will pair the selected playwrights with directors, dramaturgs, and professional actors.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:47PMThe company’s two-year exploration of Paula Vogel, Lynn Nottage, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will be presented as audio plays and podcasts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:09PMThe actor and activist looks back on a career that began on Broadway in 1950 and took her around the world to tell Black women's stories.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMThursday, July 30, 2020
Our trauma demands and deserves creative expression, but our lives are about so much more than tragedy.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:59PMThe Connecticut company's staff will also be pared to 21 employees as the theatre turns its attention to virtual programming.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:38PMAdam M. Kassim, Kholoud Sawaf, Blayze Teicher, and Sharifa Yasmin are this year's virtual fellows.
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