Tuesday, January 14, 2025
How new-work development and proactive hiring can solve the problem of near-zero Native representation on U.S. stages.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:32AMThe challenge of declining attendance also presents an opportunity for theatres to diversify and expand their reach and impact.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:29AMStationed at the center of the production process, stage managers are uniquely positioned to educate, facilitate, and reset expectations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:28AMWhile finding ways to survive in a system hostile to artmaking, we can also make liberatory practices part of our organizational culture.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:28AMMonday, January 13, 2025
A colleague remembers the playwright/director/auteur/founder of NYC’s Ontological-Hysteric Theatre, who died on Jan. 4 at the age of 87.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:22PMFrom Feb. 10-22, the festival will highlight performing arts in the Georgia city, including a staging of 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:48AMAn arts administrator whose résumé spans Philly's experimental ensemble Pig Iron and Canada's mainstream Theatre Calgary, she'll succeed Jeremy Blocker at the Off-Broadway powerhouse.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:58AMThursday, January 9, 2025
The organization will launch a nationwide search for a successor for Kaminski, who served as artistic director for 7 years.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:00PMWith our art form and industry at a crossroads, now is not the time for timidity or self-censorship.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:35AMTuesday, January 7, 2025
How a versatile actor picked up ancient Greek in his spare time, and soon became the unlikely bearer of an intimate and ancient tale---in its original language.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:28AMMonday, January 6, 2025
An interview with the playwright of 'Eureka Day' about creating the play in a pre-Covid world and seeing the show anew through a changed society.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:17PMSunday, January 5, 2025
From early-1900s Florida to 1930s-era Seattle, theatremakers both practical and idealistic clocked some milestones.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:23PMThursday, December 26, 2024
Through the stories of young Russian refugee children, theatremaker Irina Kruzhilina aims to promote compassion among mistrustful Americans, and create some friendships along the way.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00PMThursday, December 19, 2024
The partnership between the theatre group and facility will include an opening production of 'Jaja’s African Hair Braiding' by Jocelyn Bioh and free community events.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:32PMThis regular roundup of prizes and other recognitions includes multiple items from Princeton, N.J., and Arkansas.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:36AMTuesday, December 17, 2024
His fantastical new play at Pregones/PRTT puts real and fictional Puerto Ricans on a wild train ride through history and politics.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PMThe diligent arts journalist, who died on Nov. 18 at the age of 47, is remembered for his dedication to theatre and friends.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:45AMIt was a year of uncertainty and innovation, relevance and escapism, hate-reads and affirmations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:04AMMonday, December 16, 2024
For 2024's holiday podcast, Gabriela visits with the merry makers behind 'Rudolph' at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, and Rob chats with critic Bill Hirschman about the state of Sou…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:28AMFriday, December 13, 2024
Totaling over $460,000, the awards fund extra time for the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:47PMWith major funders Duke and Mellon pulling out, the 35-year-old program, which awarded nearly $40 million to performing artists, is ending.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:15PMThis last dispatch from the 2024 gathering checks in with some Americans who've felt both inspired and challenged by their Polish counterparts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:44AMThursday, December 12, 2024
It's tough out there for Downtown NYC theatres, but one East Village venue is raising money to take control of their destiny.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:58PMHe will succeed producing artistic director Ginger Poole in January.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:13PMOpening on Jan. 23, 2025, the permanent office and studio spaces will be based in Midtown.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:10PMWednesday, December 11, 2024
The co-founder of South Coast Rep won acclaim by staging what playwrights wrote, and helping to sustain a home for their work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:53PMTheatre in Poland inevitably intersects with politics, and not only because it relies on state support.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:51AMTuesday, December 10, 2024
Remembering a director whose intelligence and sense of humor didn't just guide careers but built community.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:19PMThis month Brian talks to the Southern-born writer about her journey through acting to playwriting, what her parents taught her, and her own parenting.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:07PMThe versatile Atlanta actor, who died on Dec. 3 at the age of 75, is remembered as both larger than life and down to earth.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:11AMBeginning in summer 2025, Piedmont Shakespeare Company aims to fills the gap left by theatre closures in the region.
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