AGE Legacy Playwright Grant Recipients Announced
Mildred Lewis, DeLanna Studi, and Hope Villanueva will each receive $10,000 to support their acclaimed but under-produced work.
Mildred Lewis, DeLanna Studi, and Hope Villanueva will each receive $10,000 to support their acclaimed but under-produced work.
This year's award, which will be presented to Petrona de la Cruz, includes a cash prize and travel expenses to New York City for the ceremony, along with a series of special events.
Now in its 55th year, Chicago's 2023 Equity Jeff Awards saw big wins for "The Who's Tommy" and "The Dream King."
Youngblood will succeed Joe Gfaller, who departs the company at the end of the month to join Clear Space Theatre Company.
October saw Congress vote against theatre, Frederick Douglass inveighing against minstrelsy, a 'Shuffle Along' sequel, a gravity-defying musical, and the passing of a genre-defining playwrig…
Administered by L.A.'s Latino Theater Company, the 10-year program is designed to support, bolster, and encourage Latinx theatres nationwide.
She'll get the honor, sponsored by the Miranda Family, for her play 'On the Eastside,' with following prizes going to Christin Eve Cato and José Luis Useche.
Their new play for the Guthrie is a comedy, in large part because that's what the Native community in the Twin Cities asked for.
The annual award recognizes an individual working in the theatre field who is committed to increasing Latinx representation across disciplines and includes a $5,000 unrestricted prize.
The award is granted annually to a Minnesota artist and comes with a $100,000 prize.
Long associated with the New York-based Phoenix Theater, she went to work as a general manager on several Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.
Box office isn't the main revenue source for most nonprofit theatres, nor is pricing the biggest barrier for most patrons---but both sides of this exchange could benefit from more transparen…
In the waning days of the 2022-23 season, I had a realization: Much of what appeared to be thriving onstage where I live in the Washington, D.C., area had been born elsewhere. This was the c…
How a 68-seat cultural gem on the Jersey shore has stood the test of time for the sake of new plays.
Jacob, known as "the Godfather of Sound," will receive the lifetime achievement award at the Henry Hewes Design Awards on Oct. 23.
An experienced director, he will look to deepen and strengthen the company's working-class programming.
This month Woodzick talks to the Seattle-based director about creating a safe yet accountable rehearsal room, taking Shakespeare off a pedestal, and embracing body hair.
How 2 directors on either side of the U.S./Mexico border created a traveling theatre piece that both demystifies and complicates the stories of fronterizos.
As the fall season gets under way, Chicago's theatre scene offers plenty to be excited about, even as issues in the field continue to bubble under the surface.
This year's recipients include design team dots, costume designer Brenda Abbandandolo, lighting designer Barbara Samuels, sound designer Tei Blow, media designer Kameron Neal, and pupp…
This year's grants will support innovative and socially engaged productions at theatres in Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona.
He plans to leave at the end of 2024-25 season, after more than 3 decades at the theatre, and more than 4 decades in theatre administration.
As the Congo Square executive director dons a new leadership hat for the African American Arts Alliance of Chicago, she's centering community and the needs of Chicago's Black artists.
At La MaMa last spring, the two directors gathered to talk about actors, audiences, censorship, dislocation, and the haven of the rehearsal room.
This month Brian talks to Nathan Alan Davis about growing up with performer parents and how his own parenting influences his work.