Wednesday, 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.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:35PMWednesday, July 29, 2020
In response to demands for change, the company will pay playwrights during rehearsal, eliminate punishing '10 out of 12' tech weeks, and strive for greater pay equity.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:58PMThough no dates are set, the D.C. company's season is planning to end with the pre-Broadway run of 'A Strange Loop.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:39PMThe San Francisco company will produce a radio version of 'A Christmas Carol,' a film of a Heather Christian musical, plus five in-person productions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:00PMIn a virtual ceremony hosted by the Dramatists Guild Foundation and the Lillys, Wohl was among a number of awards recipients.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:15PMNew data from TRG Arts and Purple Seven reveal that philanthropic giving in 2020 is down by 2 percent in North America.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:43PMThe New York-based studio will be available for rent for theatre artists hoping to create high-quality digital theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:08PMHow TikTok is inspiring artists to take control of their own narratives.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:00PMThe 4-day streaming event will be the culmination of the work of 6 playwrights, 6 directors, and 18 actors creating plays in 48 hours.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:45AMCarden, who joined the company in 1978 and has served as AD since 2007, steps aside to make room for the predominantly white company to make substantive changes.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AMThe season will feature six productions and the launch of a new streaming platform.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AMTuesday, July 28, 2020
If the work of criticism is engaging empathetically with the world, the work is never done, as this year's Zoom-only National Critics Institute affirmed.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:02PMHow one costume designer is working for change through her chosen medium.
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