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My play 'The Mermaid Hour' asks theatres to cast only trans or gender-nonconforming performers in the lead role. Here's how they, and the teens, rose to the occasion.
Now in its fourth year, the fellowship honors directors Aprita Mukherjee, Tatiana Pandiani, Mei Ann Teo, Hannah Wolf, and Jenna Worsham.
'The Wolves,' 'Dance Nation,' and 'School Girls,' all by young female playwrights, show girlhood in all of its complexity and ferocity.
The season features 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' and an homage to the late Michael Friedman.
The company will stage four productions as part of a season titled 'The Stories Live On.'
The theatre will have all productions in the same building after six years on the road.
The season will feature three Broadway productions, including 'The Nap,' 'Choir Boy,' and 'Ink.'
In touring shows for young audiences, how to get beyond familiar titles? Building trust among adventurous allies is key.
The season will feature two plays in rotating repertory and four musicals.
The season will include the world premiere musical 'The Secret Life of Bees' by Lynn Nottage, Duncan Sheik, and Susan Birkenhead.
The season will feature five regional premieres and a musical about the life of Josephine Baker.
The season, titled "Coming of Age," features plays about, and sometimes starring, young people.
The Houston theatre's 2018-19 season will celebrate the late founding artistic director, Jeanette Clift George.
Many theatres consider 'excellence' a priority, even a mission. But what do we mean by that word?
A chat with the playwright and professor about his career in New York, Minneapolis, and Chicago.
GALA Hispanic Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company took home the most awards.
On May 23, AT senior editor Diep Tran will moderate a conversation with Blanka Zizka, Carmen Rivera, Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, Maria Goyanes, Ngozi Anyanwu,
Responses to stories about sexual harassment and 'Angels in America,' plus a unique cancellation request.
Malgesini will fill the role vacated by former managing director Karen Sharp.
The season features two commissioned world premieres and a Drama Desk Award-winning play by Bess Wohl.
What do Polish and U.S. history have in common? Nancy Keystone's beguiling new mash-up makes the connections.
Ross, who's been with the company since 1992, will depart in 2019.
The upstate New York farm will host playwrights, composers, directors, filmmakers, and artists creating new works throughout the summer.
The Stoneman Douglas school shooting and the #NeverAgain movement made a stark, stirring backdrop for a high school production of the coming-of-age musical.
The season features a collaboration with Prague Shakespeare Company and a production by Canada's La Fille Du Laitier.
