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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Three on the Aisle: Side With Hope by American Theatre Editors

The critics return to consider when theatre will return, how to cover it when it does, and how not to succumb to Zoom despair.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:29PM

A Tale of Two Reopenings, With and Without the Union Label by American Theatre Editors

American Shakespeare Center and Berkshire Theatre Group will soon open full-scale productions, but only one has Actors’ Equity’s approval.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:05PM

‘You Can Be Anything’: Myra Su’s Puppet Worlds by American Theatre Editors

Using crankies and shadow puppets, among other forms, the Chicago artist distills her experiences into live visual story events.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:51AM
Monday, July 20, 2020

Online This Week: It’s Possible! by American Theatre Editors

From a vintage 'Cinderella' to the bracing 'Is God Is,' there's something for every palate this week.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:15PM

Hanane Hajj Ali Named Winner of 2020 Gilder/Coigney Award by American Theatre Editors

The League of Professional Theatre Women will present the award in October.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:17PM

Emerging Artist Initiative Launches Relief Fund by American Theatre Editors

The funds will support young and emerging artists and art administrators.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:15PM

Playwrights Horizons Announces 2020-21 Season by American Theatre Editors

The company's 50th anniversary season will be presented when it is safe to welcome audiences.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:58PM
Friday, July 17, 2020

Nikkole Salter Named TCG Board Chair, Along With New Slate of Officers by American Theatre Editors

The playwright/actress brings an independent artist's perspective to the board room, where she hopes it can offer the field a 'bird's-eye view' at a crucial time.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:00PM

Sydney Charles and the Price of Happiness by American Theatre Editors

This Chicago-based performer’s on-again, off-again relationship with theatre takes another turn, but she's not bowing out.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:30AM
Thursday, July 16, 2020

Alleyway Theatre Announces New Leadership, All Virtual Season by American Theatre Editors

Chris J. Handley and Robyn Lee Horn take over as leadership for the Buffalo company.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:03PM

Cincinnati Theatres Jointly Announce Delayed Seasons by American Theatre Editors

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati set tentative reopening schedules.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:38PM

Arena Stage Announces Updated 2020-21 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will open in January of 2021 will 'Celia and Fidel,' which was cut short this spring.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:03PM

MENA Artists Launch National Alliance by American Theatre Editors

The National Alliance for Middle Eastern and North African Theater Makers will amplify the voices of MENA artists in the American theatre.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:00PM

The 2020 Obie Awards Bring Magic Home by American Theatre Editors

Big winners of the night included 'Heroes of the Fourth Turning,' 'A Strange Loop,' and 'Is This A Room.'

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:58PM

Liz Swados’s Legacy: The Revolution Will Be Vocalized by American Theatre Editors

A new album featuring many of her alt-musical singer/composer heirs reminds us of the vital, ever-timely pulse of her music.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:22PM
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Burning Coal Theatre Company Announces ‘The 19th Amendment Project’ by American Theatre Editors

The series of 10-minute plays by women and non-binary writers explores the passage of the amendment and its impact 100 years later.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:08PM

Court Theatre Announces Reimagined 2020-21 Season by American Theatre Editors

The Chicago company will produce a virtual series this fall, and live programming will resume in February 2021.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:03PM

The League of Chicago Theatres Announces Samuel G. Roberson Jr. Resident Fellowship by American Theatre Editors

The year-long fellowship for Black Chicago-area artists is aimed at creating lasting relationships between artists and theatres.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:02PM

Not a Moment but a Movement: Toward an Anti-Racist American Theatre by American Theatre Editors

The collective that started by saying 'We See You, White American Theater' makes its own demands to be seen, and fully included, at last.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:50PM

Great Lakes: Business as Unusual, and Some Urgent Questions by American Theatre Editors

Midwestern orgs are hunkering down but not defeated in their plans to stay relevant as they restructure.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:48PM

Mid-Atlantic: Adaptation and Engagement by American Theatre Editors

At theatres in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, flexibility is the watchword.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:46PM

Artists of the World, Unite! by American Theatre Editors

As we face another Depression, can we dream of a new Federal Theatre Project? Any such hope begins with political organizing onstage and off.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:44PM

New England: Inward and Outward by American Theatre Editors

Theatres in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Connecticut are variously going local and virtual, and reflecting deeply on their role in a changed future.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:42PM

Plains: ‘Too Stubborn to Go Away’ by American Theatre Editors

Theatres in Nebraska, Minnesota, and Missouri work to adapt to the new reality and plan for the next chapter.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:40PM

Rocky Mountain: Short-Term Vs. Long-Term Thinking by American Theatre Editors

Theatres in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho keep the theatre faith, and many or most employees, in hopes of a full return.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:38PM

South Atlantic: Resetting Expectations by American Theatre Editors

Theatres in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina focus on how they can best serve their communities when they can't do it from their stages.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:36PM

South Central: Social Distance and Social Justice by American Theatre Editors

Theatres in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana face budget shortfalls, existential questions, and a new sense of purpose.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:34PM

Southwest: Hot Spot Survival by American Theatre Editors

As the pandemic rages through Arizona, Texas, and Oklahoma, theatres adjust their models and make new commitments, while one New Mexico theatre goes under.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:32PM

West: Ready or Not, Change Is Coming by American Theatre Editors

Theatres in California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington know they can't go back to normal, and increasingly they're seeing they wouldn't want to anyway.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:30PM
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Theatregoers’ Willingness to Return Is Trending Down, Data Show by American Theatre Editors

Studies, including one from Shugoll Research on D.C.-area theatregoers, see a decline from already low numbers, with the comfort zone stretching to spring 2021.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:03PM

Meet the Leaders Who Are Already Reshaping the Field by American Theatre Editors

The fifth cohort of TCG's Rising Leaders of Color encompass all areas of theatre practice, from producing to development to casting to writing.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:50PM