Friday, May 19, 2023
The conference will feature new works by Susan Kathryn Hefti, Gloria Oladipo, Savannah Reich, Alec Silberblatt, Wolfgang Jones, and AZ Espinoza.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:46PMNew work by Danielle Levsky, Wojtek Rodak, and Andrew Kushnir will tell LGBTQ+ stories against the backdrop of upheavals in post-Soviet Eastern Europe.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:50AMPlaywrights Andrea Ambam, Christin Eve Cato, Julienne Hairston, Johnny G. Lloyd, a.k. payne, and M.D. Schaffer will devise ten-minute plays over the span of 48 hours this summer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:17AMIn her life and her work producing theatre and dance in Los Angeles, she never gave less than her all, and we are all the richer for it.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:28AMThursday, May 18, 2023
This year's winners include Darius de Haas, Michael Patrick Thornton, Alex Newell, Bonnie Milligan, Linda Lavin, and Francis Guinan.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:50PMShe has worked with the influential TYA theatre for 18 years.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:58AMWednesday, May 17, 2023
At a recent ceremony, the Dramatists Guild presented awards to Marc Shaiman, Nissy Aya, Candrice Jones, Dave Harris, Iakowi:he’ne’ Oakes, the Brooklyn Public Library, and Friends of Geo…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:27PMThe foundation's first 4 grants have been awarded to projects by Ebony Road Players, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Brídín Clements Cotton, and Olivia Rose.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:51PMTuesday, May 16, 2023
After 20 years with Working Theater, Monarque will join the Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara as their new director of development beginning July 1.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:53PM'Some Like It Hot' leads with 5 awards, followed by 'Leopoldstadt' with 3.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:13PMMonday, May 15, 2023
We talk to writer/director/trickster Ty Defoe about directing 'Rent' for the next generation, building community ties, and moving beyond land acknowledgements. Plus: a check-in with Denver r…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:26PMA former editor for this magazine from Chicago, Pierce will lead coverage of the Midwest's great theatre city and its wider impact and influence.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:48PMsnem DeSellier, Yoni Light, and Dakota Blankenship will participate in a 7-month development program to provide time, financial support, and mentoring.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:50PMThis season SPACE plans to honor existing commitments to a cohort of over 40 artists who applied and were accepted, but whose residencies have had to be deferred primarily due to the pandem…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:47AMFriday, May 12, 2023
The new musical 'The Pursuit of Happiness (or The Wacky Lesbian Adventures of Brillo Pad and Hula Hoop)' will headline the festival.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:56PMBoth with his Tectonic collaborators and on his own, the playwright-director has always explored the architecture of theatre and its potential social impact.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:33AMThe show's producer makes the case for recognizing non-traditional forms---including dance-driven, non-narrative shows like this---on Broadway.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:46AMThursday, May 11, 2023
The award comes with a 9-month residency, housing, rehearsal space, a $20,000 stipend, and an $8,000 play development budget, and it culminates in a final showcase.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:13PMThe Bay Area Playwrights Festival will become a biennial hybrid offering, the Resident Playwrights program will become a 2-year residency, and the foundation will conclude their Rough Readin…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:05PMThe 3-week-long event will offer ticketed and free events at various venues throughout Milwaukee this summer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:59PMAs the play-commissioning project Nuestro Planeta turns 1, a writer-director team revisits Colombia and learns of the strength of the Amazon communities.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:42PMLauren Mei, Zariyah Perry, and George Porteous have been recognized for their achievements in theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:34PMMorrow, who spent the last 8 years running San Diego's Diversionary Theatre, will lead the company in residency at the East Bay's Lesher Center for the Arts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:16AMThe company's 5-decade journey from Off-Off-Broadway outlier to Broadway powerhouse has been steered all along by the same 2 leaders.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:00AMWednesday, May 10, 2023
A comic theatre staple that originated at the '87 Edinburgh Fringe, this speed-Shakespeare romp has gotten a new revision for the age of #MeToo and #Black Lives Matter.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:53PMThe festival, part of the EST/Sloan Project to develop plays exploring science and technology, continues through June 23.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:56AMTuesday, May 9, 2023
The departing leader of Baltimore Center Stage talks about the challenges the theatre field is facing, and about the changes she was able to make to address them.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:21PMHer 2022 play took home the $25,000 prize, while Madison Fiedler won the Osborn Prize and Suzan-Lori Parks and Rebecca Gilman received citations for their work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:13PMMonday, May 8, 2023
The finalists are Aleshea Harris for 'On Sugarland' and Lloyd Suh for 'The Far Country.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:56PMCox will supervise the producing and casting teams.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:06PMThe 12 teenage playwrights hail from 5 different states, and this year's live presentations will be the first performed in person since 2019.
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