Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Satya Chavéz, Candrice Jones, and Jonathan Norton have all been tapped to write new plays for the Arkansas theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:15PMAmong his duties will be to help position the theatre for a full leadership turnover, including of retiring artistic director Kenn McLaughlin.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:48PMA bard of Kansas City, Kans., he was a warm, mischievous truth teller whose plays reflected his life yet somehow showed us ourselves as well.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PMIn a book excerpt, the seasoned playwright offers insights and advice, not only about how to write but about how to think about your writing productively.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:23PMMcCraney's appointment is effective immediately, and he succeeds Matt Shakman, who stepped down in February.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:20AMMonday, September 11, 2023
Each of the recipients---Ebony M. Burton, Mextly Couzin, Mika Eubanks, Wilberth González, Kathy Ruvuna, Gerardo Díaz Sánchez, and Destinee Steele---will receive grants up to $15,000.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:55PMThe former executive director of Arkansas's TheatreSquared has just taken the same job at Princeton's McCarter Theatre Center, and he's ready to open the gates.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:30AMFriday, September 8, 2023
Ariana Sarfarazi has been named the company's new executive director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:21PMAfter 13 years in Creede, DiAntonio will relocate to Cedar City in November.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:11PM13 NYC performance venues will receive two-year, unrestricted general operating grants of $10,000.
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Cygnet will host staged readings of new works by Agyeiwaa Asante, Milo Cramer, and Christian St. Croix.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:23PMGreen-Rogers brings a dramaturgical approach to leadership roles at The Theatre School at DePaul and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:35PMWalker-Webb will assume the role Oct. 1, succeeding interim artistic director Ken-Matt Martin.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMWednesday, September 6, 2023
September looks back on theatre in the colonies, early playwright protections, Midwest theatre milestones, living newspapers, and two groundbreaking Broadway musicals.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:24PMShe will step down after a more than a decade of service to young audiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:56PMThey are Alexis Roblan, Michael Mobley, and Robert Axelrod.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:29PMA longtime friend recalls her groundbreaking mentor's instinctive generosity, grace, and practical advice.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:45AMA director and friend recalls the fabulousness of the playwright's sensibility, which naturally found expression in her characters.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:44AMThis month Woodzick talks to performer and producer Danny Marin about telling stories with nuance and advocating for a better industry.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:22AMTuesday, September 5, 2023
This passionate director, once a performer in 'Aida,' returns at the helm of a revised production, as well as of 'The Wiz,' bound for Broadway and a new generation.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:18PM3 theatre companies have energized South Asian, Chinese, and Latin American audiences by staging plays in their first languages.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:10PMFriday, September 1, 2023
Jones will succeed Martin Miller in the position.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:59AMWednesday, August 30, 2023
Can theatre artists use the tools of Big Tech to dismantle its influence?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:19PMAs it closes in on 50 years in Chicago, the theatre Taylor built is preparing for its next chapter in a legacy of producing, mentoring, and paying it forward.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:29PMTuesday, August 29, 2023
Three of the four plays will have staged readings at Southern Oregon University in October.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:08PM10 community arts organizations will receive $100,000 in unrestricted funding.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:51PMMonday, August 28, 2023
This month, we check in with companies who are making impacts within their communities and artists receiving well-deserved attention.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PMA remembrance by his frequent collaborator and longtime friend.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMFriday, August 25, 2023
Shipley succeeds former executive director LaNeshe Miller-White.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:37PMThursday, August 24, 2023
Producing a new play about the full-scale invasion written by a Ukranian playwright, Russian-born director Yury Urnov feels disheartened by the actions of his home country and hopeful for Uk…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:09PMLucero succeeds founding artistic director Peter Rothstein, who left the company in June after 25 years.
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