Oregon Contemporary Theatre Announces Chekhov-Inspired 2015"16 Season
The season will include Aaron Posner's 'Stupid Fucking Bird' and Christopher Durang's 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,' plus a rolling world premiere from Steve Yockey.
The season will include Aaron Posner's 'Stupid Fucking Bird' and Christopher Durang's 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,' plus a rolling world premiere from Steve Yockey.
From Olympia, Wash., to Arlington, Va., from apocalyptic musicals to kitchen-sink dramas, it's another eclectic theatre week in the U.S.
If the late director was tireless, it wasn't for his own sake. He demanded as much from himself as he did from others, and we are all the richer for it.
He follows his Obie-winning show 'No Place to Go' with the album 'Raw Milk,' and lets us have an exclusive listen to 2 new songs from it.
She vacates the post after six years helping to lead the arts education theatre ensemble.
As she retires from leading the Hunter College MFA playwriting program, I'm grateful for what she taught me about plays---and about life.
A New York actor who has stayed on top of L.A.'s 99-Seat controversy wins the top office.
The fall festival brings together another slate of U.S. and New York premieres, with theatre works from Ivo van Hove, SITI Company and Miranda July.
We have much to learn---and some things to teach, as well---in our global collaborations.
Internationalism is the umbrella under which American Theatre's yearly May/June issue stakes its claim, and the theatre folk you'll hear from and about in these pages have mined a rich vein …
Towering beanstalks, powerful baseballs and merry mermaids are all part of the magical season.
Eygptian-American playwright's characters lower their guard on serious issues after first losing some clothes and inhibitions.
Eric Krebs and Christopher Scott's new company will stage classics for New York teens, with high production values and multicultural casting.
Six productions, including four regional premieres, explore conflicts over identity and race.
The season includes Christopher Durang, D.L. Coburn and a playwright yet to be announced.
Big winners included 'Hamilton,' 'You Got Older' and 'The Invisible Hand,' and a special award went to Signature Theatre's James Houghton.
George Orwell's work returns to Steppenwolf, as well as a world-premiere devised performance by Michael Rohd.
Highlights include surrealistic plays, adaptations, puppetry, burlesque and stilt-walking.
A playwright remembers the late actor's grace under fire, and the memorable fury with which she delivered a simple five-word line.
A new musical based on Ned Vizzini's young-adult novel follows a high schooler jonesing for chill pill, literally.
After eight years in his post, Bond joins managing director Jeffrey Woodward in a leadership transition.
'Between Riverside and Crazy' wins for best new play, and posthumous awards are given to Arthur Gelb, Judith Malina and Marian Seldes.
Marisa R. Carr, Junauda Petrus and Eliza Rasheed will develop new work in the theatre's seven-month development program.
The Chicago Dramatists leader nurtured generations of playwrights with weekly readings. They in turn formed the family that gathered around him as his health declined.
The managing director of Syracuse Stage will move to Dallas, replacing Heather M. Kitchen.