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This month Brian talks with the playwright, producer, Fire This Time Festival founder, and Apollo Theater director of new works about drama, balance, and Louisiana history.
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.
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.
From early-1900s Florida to 1930s-era Seattle, theatremakers both practical and idealistic clocked some milestones.
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.
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.
This regular roundup of prizes and other recognitions includes multiple items from Princeton, N.J., and Arkansas.
This month spotlights a collaboration between the University of Tennessee and Clarence Brown Theatre and looks back at readers' favorite school productions of 2024.
His fantastical new play at Pregones/PRTT puts real and fictional Puerto Ricans on a wild train ride through history and politics.
The diligent arts journalist, who died on Nov. 18 at the age of 47, is remembered for his dedication to theatre and friends.
It was a year of uncertainty and innovation, relevance and escapism, hate-reads and affirmations.
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…
Totaling over $460,000, the awards fund extra time for the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team.
With major funders Duke and Mellon pulling out, the 35-year-old program, which awarded nearly $40 million to performing artists, is ending.
This last dispatch from the 2024 gathering checks in with some Americans who've felt both inspired and challenged by their Polish counterparts.
It's tough out there for Downtown NYC theatres, but one East Village venue is raising money to take control of their destiny.
He will succeed producing artistic director Ginger Poole in January.
Opening on Jan. 23, 2025, the permanent office and studio spaces will be based in Midtown.
The co-founder of South Coast Rep won acclaim by staging what playwrights wrote, and helping to sustain a home for their work.
Theatre in Poland inevitably intersects with politics, and not only because it relies on state support.
Remembering a director whose intelligence and sense of humor didn't just guide careers but built community.
This month Brian talks to the Southern-born writer about her journey through acting to playwriting, what her parents taught her, and her own parenting.
The versatile Atlanta actor, who died on Dec. 3 at the age of 75, is remembered as both larger than life and down to earth.
Beginning in summer 2025, Piedmont Shakespeare Company aims to fills the gap left by theatre closures in the region.
This correspondent returned eagerly to a place where theatre still matters in a troubled world, even if it can't quite make sense of it.
