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The transition from writing for nothing to writing for a paycheck has been smooth. But is stage work now a dream, or just a daydream?
The transition from writing for nothing to writing for a paycheck has been smooth. But is stage work now a dream, or just a daydream?
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright receives a $25,000 award for her play about America's industrial decline.
Theatremakers are acting on environmental issues and bringing global warming to the stage.
This week features works from Shakespeare to Mamet, in cities from Walnut Creek, Calif. to Knoxville, Tenn.
The master director from St. Petersburg takes some liberties with the playwright's final work, but the result is somehow all the more Chekhovian.
Tonight's awards ceremony for playwrights and their advocates includes a new prize named for the late American master.
After percolating for nearly 40 years, the Group's notion of staging Pinter finally clicked after a trip to China. But for now this door has closed.
The award recognizes Off-Broadway theatres that achieved parity among their playwrights and directors.
The Houston company tries its hand at new-play development for the first time.
Caption this image and win a copy of 'The Book of Grace' by Suzan-Lori Parks.
Works by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Shakespeare, and Lucas Hnath are part of the Naples theatre's season.
The versatile actor makes his playwriting debut with a romantic comedy in which he plays---who else?---the devil.
TCG's core program aimed to transform the national theatre field into a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse community will expand to more theatres.
The slate includes new works from Julia Cho, Adam Bock, the Debate Society, Dan LeFranc, Zayd Dohrn, and Kirsten Childs.
After years without the anchor of a home base, the leader of New Orleans's preeminent theatre is steering the company to a snug new harbor.
The New York-based director will make his move to the Windy City to helm American Theater Company.
Greenidge's newest play, which is inspired by Black Lives Matter, is being produced on college campuses across the country.
The season includes a mix of dramas, comedies, farces, musicals, and holiday favorites.
Martin Miller and Robert Ford have made their small company a theatrical force in Northwest Arkansas, but it hasn't happened in a vacuum.
The Chicago area theatre has a new two-venue home, the product of a $34 million fundraising campaign.
The North Carolina theatre's first season under its new artistic director will include a mix of classics and new plays.
The theatre company will also reopen the Wells Theatre after a $4 million renovation.
With 'Aubergine' at Berkeley Rep and 'Office Hour' at South Coast Rep, Cho returns to playwriting after six years.
The songwriting competition will give young songwriters in select cities a chance to share their music.
A season of new plays includes works about politics, family, science, law, and a natural disaster.