Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Jacob, known as "the Godfather of Sound," will receive the lifetime achievement award at the Henry Hewes Design Awards on Oct. 23.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:48AMTuesday, September 26, 2023
An experienced director, he will look to deepen and strengthen the company's working-class programming.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:00AMMonday, September 25, 2023
This month Woodzick talks to the Seattle-based director about creating a safe yet accountable rehearsal room, taking Shakespeare off a pedestal, and embracing body hair.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:16PMHow 2 directors on either side of the U.S./Mexico border created a traveling theatre piece that both demystifies and complicates the stories of fronterizos.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:48PMAs the fall season gets under way, Chicago's theatre scene offers plenty to be excited about, even as issues in the field continue to bubble under the surface.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PMFriday, September 22, 2023
This year's recipients include design team dots, costume designer Brenda Abbandandolo, lighting designer Barbara Samuels, sound designer Tei Blow, media designer Kameron Neal, and puppetry…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:12PMThis year's grants will support innovative and socially engaged productions at theatres in Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:45PMHe plans to leave at the end of 2024-25 season, after more than 3 decades at the theatre, and more than 4 decades in theatre administration.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:14PMAs the Congo Square executive director dons a new leadership hat for the African American Arts Alliance of Chicago, she's centering community and the needs of Chicago's Black artists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:34PMAt La MaMa last spring, the two directors gathered to talk about actors, audiences, censorship, dislocation, and the haven of the rehearsal room.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:16PMThursday, September 21, 2023
This month Brian talks to Nathan Alan Davis about growing up with performer parents and how his own parenting influences his work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:52PMWednesday, September 20, 2023
She'll have run the company she founded for 45 years, after leading it from 2 Off-Broadway theatres to join 3 other nonprofits who also run Broadway houses.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:27PMLear deBessonet, Nataki Garrett, and Clyde Valentin will lead the public works project.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:54PMBringing together activists, citizens, and theatremakers to dramatize extraction's impact on local communities, this unique theatre project has created a community all its own.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:09PMTuesday, September 19, 2023
In a triptych of plays, now onstage in Santa Monica, Calif., the Ukrainian playwright responds with ferocity to the invasion of his country.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:35PMIn taking a solo show to Kyiv, I joined in a statement of solidarity, common humanity, and everyday expression in the face of invasion.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:35PMWith a book by Eric Simonson and songs by the Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano, Milwaukee Rep brings a legendary true crime saga to the city where it began.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:33PMOn this episode Kelundra and J.R. talk to the Atlanta playwright about Chicago's month-long celebration in her honor, the value of community-driven storytelling, and her new play 'Something …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:40AMPhiladelphia Theatre Company and others have received project funding.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:34AMAs he caps his 30-year tenure, the University of Chicago Office of the Provost will lead a comprehensive search for his successor in the coming months.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:47AMFriday, September 15, 2023
Guadalís Del Carmen, Cassandra Medley, Aya Ogawa, and Kit Yan will each receive unrestricted cash awards of $30,000.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:50PMThe report analyzes a variety of data about NTP advisors, grantees, and creators.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:04PMThe fourth of this prolific playwright's 2023 premieres, 'The Refuge Plays,' is also his most ambitious and searching.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AMSelected from the second largest applicant pool in the Fellowship's century-plus history, they will join a diverse group at the residency's New England grounds.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:34AMThursday, September 14, 2023
The annual celebration returns with discounted performances, discussions, and other events.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:00PMIn her new Off-Broadway piece 'Death, Let Me Do My Show,' the actor-writer-songwriter frankly and funnily revisits the traumas and joys of the past 4 years.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:34AMWednesday, September 13, 2023
This year's writers are T.J.L, J.C. Pankratz, Eliana Theologides Rodriguez, Jesús I. Valles, Nimisha Ladva, Malena Pennycook, and Sarah Saltwick.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:53PM2 creative producers get a boost from a program encouraging new generations to follow in the footsteps of theatremakers like its namesake, Harold Prince.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:16PMThe festival will feature works from multiple transgender, nonbinary, and Two Spirit artists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:42PMWhy has my 1997 two-hander proven so durable around the world? It might have something to do with my attention to detail in the many translations and updates.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:00PMTuesday, September 12, 2023
Satya Chavéz, Candrice Jones, and Jonathan Norton have all been tapped to write new plays for the Arkansas theatre.
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