Monday, May 8, 2023
The 12 teenage playwrights hail from 5 different states, and this year's live presentations will be the first performed in person since 2019.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:27PMThe current and outgoing cohort of the D.C. playwriting collective reflect on 3 years of pandemic pivot, internal strain, and transformative growth.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:20AMFriday, May 5, 2023
Six New York-based artists will receive micro-residencies in Mexico City, while a second cohort of Mexican creators will be selected in fall 2023 for residencies in New York City.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:02PMEgan succeeds Linda DiGabriele, who served as managing director at Asolo Rep for 35 years.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:51PMThe artistic director’s departure caps a 4-year period of extraordinary promise, crisis, and controversy, while the festival seeks help with its next steps.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:00PMThursday, May 4, 2023
The new partnership will launch this summer with playwrights York Walker and Dave Harris.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:06PMThe 2023 competition marks the first time that the prize has been awarded to more than one finalist.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:21PMHonorees in 5 categories each receive a $75,000 unrestricted prize and a CalArts residency.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:59AMA new biography of Sam Shepard focuses on the man as an icon rather than as a writer---though, as with everything in the late dramatist's work, such delineations are never so neat.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:11AMA look at two new reads for musical theatre fans: a thought-provoking analysis of Broadway’s body biases and a breezy memoir by dance icon Chita Rivera.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:46AMWednesday, May 3, 2023
The first in the Windy City since 2010 and the first nationwide TCG gathering since 2022, it will be held in a hybrid format in partnership with the League of Chicago Theatres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:30PMTuesday, May 2, 2023
The festival will feature shorts, staged readings, and a Young Playwrights Festival.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:11PMThe former general manager of the Broadway Dreams Foundation will serve as Red Bull's first executive director starting this month.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:09PMThe former theatre director and instructor at Xavier College Prep will work alongside producing artistic director Bobb Cooper and ultimately replace him when he retires.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:06PMFrom a famous British mimic’s take on American types to the development of Asian American work the West Coast, the month is packed with noteworthy developments.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:03AMMonday, May 1, 2023
Guadalís Del Carmen, Dave Harris, Rachel Lynett, and Sanaz Toossi will develop new works with support from the Binger Center for New Theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:27PMThis year's readings will feature works by Asian American and Pacific Islander playwrights.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:16PMFriday, April 28, 2023
The fellowship comes with a $5,000 stipend, personalized mentorship, and a three-week incubation period, followed by a one-week developmental workshop and presentation of their work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:50PMFormer Raven production manager and artistic producer Cole von Glahn will assume the role of interim managing director at the beginning of May.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:27PMThursday, April 27, 2023
The new 99-seat theatre will be called the Procope Theater in her honor.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:13PMIn addition to $10,000 for the designer, the foundation also offers a grant to any Connecticut theatre that hires Martínez Garcia in the next two years.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:10PMThe artistic director of Shakespeare Theatre Company will serve in a one-year residency to explore and deepen the social and civic impact of his work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:04PMFor the versatile playwright-performer, whose 'Joy and Pandemic' is up at the Huntington, writing is a way to understand themself and the world.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:48PMThe playwright of 'Kimberly Akimbo' and 'Good People' reflects on a body of work that has evolved in style but can't help but show his roots.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:11PMWednesday, April 26, 2023
The Magic Theatre artistic director is one of 4 fellows awarded an unrestricted grant of $100,000, as well as supplemental support.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:25PMThe festival will include new works by playwrights Martin Giles, Inda Craig-Galván, and Tami Dixon, as well as a documentary following Sharon Washington's writing process.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:19PMYes, he saved a near-bankrupt nonprofit and turned it into a Broadway juggernaut, but all with the aim of supporting artists and serving audiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:15PMTuesday, April 25, 2023
This lifelong fixture of Off-Off-Broadway was singing songs and telling stories right up to the end.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:34PMForged by New York City's downtown theatre scene in the 1970s, she went on to change lives and open minds as co-founder of the Omaha Magic Theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:27PMThis month Woodzick talks with Chicago theatremaker Will Wilhelm about taking up more space as a trans non-binary artist, centering gender-imaginative stories in the canon, and finding resil…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:17PMThe theatre has also named AJ Watson their new production accessibility manager.
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