578 stories from Theatre Bay Area
by Nicole Gluckstern
Regina Y. Evans is looking forward to 60. As a playwright and costumer, her creative work is in high demand. As a survivor, advocate, and modern-day abolitionist for se…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
The 2017 Tubbs Fire lit a spark under Debbie Yarrow. When that wildfire, the most destructive in California up to that point, razed Sonoma County, where Yarrow works as …
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
The pandemic, with its cancellation of live performances, created a kind of paralysis for many theatre artists. Not so for Gamal Abdel Chasten. When regions across the n…
by Sam Hurwitt
Tim Bond thought he knew what he was getting into after accepting the job of artistic director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, taking over from founder Robert Kelley after a …
by Sam Hurwitt
After 20 years at the heart (you might say as the heart) of Theatre Bay Area, deputy director Dale Albright recently announced his departure from the organization. His last d…
 by Jean Schiffman
When two creative people are working together, whether in-person or (these days) virtually, it?s not a given that the partnership will thrive, especially when circumst…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
In late December, Theatre Bay Area announced that Brenda Wong Aoki and Dawn Monique Williams, two nationally renowned local artists whose works center marginalized commu…
by Sam Hurwitt
Theatre people all over the Bay Area lost a friend on January 5 when Richard Ryan passed away at the age of 72. Ryan had been in severely poor health for a few years, moving …
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This New Year?s Eve, my husband and I, like I expect many in our community, were eager to bid good riddance to the outgoing 2020 and toast a new start. The…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
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In late December, Theatre Bay Area announced the addition of two members to its board of directors. At a time when theatre organizations are reconsidering their lead…
Westfield News ArtsBeat 1/5/21. New play at TheaterWorks, new leadership at MA Cultural Council and the Mahaiwe, and arts news for WMass and No.CT.
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by Nicole Gluckstern
As theatremakers look ahead to another uncertain year, there?s no doubt that the digital platforms used in 2020 for presenting new works will still be very much a …
by Sam Hurwitt
In November, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the appointment of Ralph Remington as the new director of cultural affairs for the San Francisco Arts Commission. Effe…
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THEATRE BAY AREA ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE OFÂ DEPUTY DIRECTOR DALE …
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
In August, Khalia Davis became artistic director of Bay Area Children?s Theatre, in a newly created position at the company where she has spent almost a decade working a…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
This September, the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre named Margo Hall as its new artistic director, eliciting cheers from the Bay Area theatre community.
With over thirty yea…
by Edward Guthmann
When the coronavirus lockdown began in March, Bay Area actors were abruptly out of work. ?It was like a theatrical [disaster],? says veteran actor James…
Calvin Mitchell (Mitch) Douglas passed from metastatic brain cancer on November 5th, 2020 at Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY. He was 78 years old. In addition to Broadway and West End efforts, …
ArtsBeat TV/Radio 11/13/20. Godfrey Simmons from Hartford's HartBeat Ensemble theatre and Matt Longhi of UMASS Music and Dance Department.
by Nicole Gluckstern
In August 2019, the first cohort of PlayGround Innovators presented a vibrant selection of new works by energetic new companies, determined to make an…
by Nicole Gluckstern
When we think of theatre education, a default framing is frequently that of youth theatre, followed by professional training for working actors and artisans. But in a c…
by Velina Brown
Q: I know that you?ve been teaching a goal-setting workshop for years that friends of mine have taken and enjoyed. Well these days, every …
New #ArtsBeat TV/Radio 9/25/20. Meet Pat McCorkle and Jeffrey Dreisbach of McCorkle Casting Ltd who cast actors for stage, screen and television, and David Kidwell, Holyoke Civic Symphony Ma…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
During a typical school year, Elizabeth Carter begins her day by commuting from her home in Berkeley to the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts…
by?Nicole Gluckstern
You just can?t keep a good artist down. And pandemic notwithstanding, San Francisco-based solo performer, Marga Gomez, has been staying busy with her …
