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Thursday, February 22, 2024

Who's Afraid of 'Kathy Acker'? by American Theatre Editors

Riding a fresh wave of interest with a new generation, Jack Skelley's 40-year-old punk rock novel about American decline has been adapted by Siena Foster-Soltis into a play.

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Bill Bushnell, Impresario of Spring Street by American Theatre Editors

In leading the boldly visionary if ultimately doomed Los Angeles Theatre Center for 6 legendary years, Bush inspired generations of artists and leaders.

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Offscript: Kendeda at 20 With Tarell Alvin McCraney, Madhuri Shekar, and a.k. payne by American Theatre Editors

On this episode, 3 playwrights discuss their development experience as past winners of the Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition.

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

SDCF Ockrent Fellow, TDF/Sharaff Awards, NAMT Residency Grants, and More by American Theatre Editors

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

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Nidia Medina Named Producing Director of INTAR by American Theatre Editors

Previously an associate artistic director with the NYC company, she'll now lead alongside artistic director Lou Moreno.

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Khalia Davis Named Producing Artistic Director of Coterie Theater by American Theatre Editors

A longtime leader in TYA and arts education, Davis takes over the theatre after a troubled chapter in its history.

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Eric Keen-Louie Named Artistic Producing Director at La Jolla Playhouse by American Theatre Editors

Previously the theatre's executive producer, he will join the leadership team alongside artistic director Christopher Ashley and managing director Debby Buchholz.

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Artistic Director Brandon Carter to Leave American Shakespeare Center by American Theatre Editors

The theatre's first leader of color, who has acted with the company since 2018, will step down after 4 years in the position.

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Fountain Theatre Artistic Director Stephen Sachs to Retire by American Theatre Editors

The L.A. theatre's co-founder, a busy writer and director both at his company and elsewhere, will step down at the end of the year.

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Friday, February 16, 2024

ICONS 2: Lillian López by American Theatre Editors

This episode features a monologue by C. Quintana, performed by Sol Marina Crespo, dramatizing how the Puerto Rican activist fell in love with the library.

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Tina Howe: A Celebration by American Theatre Editors

A dramaturg and director who was fortunate enough to work with her reexamines her underrated legacy.

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

How 'Becoming a Man' Is Becoming a Play by American Theatre Editors

In staging his 2020 memoir about his transmasculine journey, he's incorporating new lessons and context, and doubling down on the love story.

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

How to Lose a Country by American Theatre Editors

In Miami New Drama's 'Las Aventuras de Juan Planchard,' Venezuelan artists told a story they couldn't tell at home.

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Arizona Theatre Company's 2-City Comeback by American Theatre Editors

The theatre was stabilizing after a rough decade, and then Covid hit, offering fresh challenges and opportunities, including a move to a new venue.

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Katy Sullivan's Changeable, Charming, Deadly 'Richard III' by American Theatre Editors

Director Edward Hall and actor Katy Sullivan discuss the unique qualities that the Paralympian brings to one of Shakespeare's iconic roles.

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Monday, February 12, 2024

Home Truths: 3 Plays With a Sense of Place by American Theatre Editors

A daughter's grief memoir on a Wisconsin farm, an Ireland-set comedy with roles for a large Santa Cruz ensemble, and a mall drama set in Portland.

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Friday, February 9, 2024

ICONS 2: Petra Allende, La Alcaldesa del Barrio by American Theatre Editors

This episode features a monologue by Christin Eve Cato, performed by Annie Henk, imagining a meeting between a Puerto Rican factory worker and an elected official.

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Raphael Picciarelli Joins Williamstown Leadership Team by American Theatre Editors

As managing director of strategy and transformation, Picciarelli will work with yet-to-be-named partners in a new collective leadership model.

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Charlotte Brathwaite and Sunder Ganglani to Lead Cornerstone Theater Co. by American Theatre Editors

The co-artistic leaders will join managing director Megan Wanlass in a leadership triumvirate, succeeding Michael John Garcés.

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Theatrical Mustang: Han Van Sciver, Myth Maker by American Theatre Editors

Woodzick talks to the multi-hyphenate theatre artist and musician about interrogating androgyny, self-mythologizing, and making their web series 'Sad Han.'

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Congo Square Exec Director Charlique C. Rolle to Step Down by American Theatre Editors

She'll leave in March after 4 four years in the role.

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Chita Rivera: Icon, Ancestor, Force, and Presence by American Theatre Editors

A successor in the legendary role of Anita recalls her confidence-building encounter with the Broadway legend.

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

This Month in Theatre History by American Theatre Editors

February recalls the comedic duo Williams and Walker, a Gertrude Stein opera, a 'Death of a Salesman' debut, and more.

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Cynthia Levin to Retire From Unicorn Theatre by American Theatre Editors

The producing artistic director has been with Unicorn since 1979.

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Marc Masterson to Retire As City Theatre's Co-Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

He'll leave the Pittsburgh company in June, capping a 45-year career which emphasized new-play development at various theatres, including South Coast Rep and Actors Theatre of Louisville.

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Lisa Portes Named Chair of UCSD Theatre and Dance Dept. by American Theatre Editors

The acclaimed director, a co-founder of the Latinx Theatre Commons, has relocated from Chicago to California for the job.

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The 1/52 Project: Funding Designers for the Future by American Theatre Editors

Now accepting applications and donations for its third consecutive year, the designer-backed grant program continues its mission to support underrepresented artists.

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'Between Two Knees': Between Slaughter and Laughter by American Theatre Editors

This raucous remix of Native American history by the 1491s, co-creators of 'Reservation Dogs,' is now onstage in NYC after a 6-year journey across the U.S.

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Monday, February 5, 2024

Theatre Awards Roundup: The Obies, Hermitage, and USITT by American Theatre Editors

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

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How 2 Iranian American Directors Translate Sanaz Toossi's 'English' by American Theatre Editors

Arya Shahi and Naghmeh Samini are staging the Pulitzer-winning play about an Iranian language class at the Old Globe and ArtsWest, respectively.

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Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off