Tuesday, May 10, 2022
From Edwin Booth's Richard III to the Federal Dance Project, from 'Fefu and Her Friends' to Odd Fellows Hall, this month featured some remarkable characters.
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Each award comes with a $75,000 prize and a residency at California Institute of the Arts.
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New England theatremakers Aaron Jafferis, Articine, Bess Welden, Sam Plattus, and creative team Gail Burton and Josie Bray have been awarded grants to support their work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:53PM[SHARE]The year-long residency will provide her with the resources and space to develop her new play 'The Kit: Made by Martha.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:17PM[SHARE]The new 3-year program will support writers, directors, designers, choreographers, and other generative artists in the creation of new works with a connection to the D.C. area.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:32PM[SHARE]Friday, April 29, 2022
The theatre's development and communications director will step into the job previously held by Amy Zimerman.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:29PM[SHARE]Playwrights Calley N. Anderson, Brysen Boyd, Devon Kidd, and Zakeia Tyson-Cross will participate in LTC's 2022-23 Writing Residency Program, beginning in May.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:33PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 28, 2022
The annual fellowship, established to support visionary Bay Area artists working in various disciplines, comes with unrestricted grants of $100,000, as well as supplemental support.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:18PM[SHARE]The former general manager and CFO for TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will join the leadership of ETC in Santa Barbara.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:45AM[SHARE]Susan Dalian and Santiago Iacinti will join PlayPenn as associate artistic directors, leading up to the 2022 return of the annual New Play Development Conference.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:32AM[SHARE]The longtime arts leader will leave the New York company for a role at Rhode Island's largest arts organization.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:13AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 26, 2022
The award, established by theatrical producer Barbara Whitman in 2021, comes with a $10,000 prize and recognizes a female, trans, or non-binary early-career director who has demonstrated uni…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:28PM[SHARE]This week our guest is TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's artistic director Tim Bond, now directing August Wilson's 'Gem of the Ocean' there.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:57PM[SHARE]Monday, April 18, 2022
This year's summer reading series will feature works by Latinx playwrights René Marqués, Fausto Avendaño, MarÃa Irene Fornés, Rosalba Rolón, and Desmar Guevara.
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The former associate artistic director of Roundabout Theatre Company brings 'new-play energy' to a post soon to be vacated by director John Doyle.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:19AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 12, 2022
It is the first debut play to receive the prize, which includes $25,000 and a signed limited-edition print by artist Willem de Kooning.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:32AM[SHARE]Chiara Atik received the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for 'Poor Clare,' and Makasha Copeland received the M. Elizabeth Osborn Award for 'Extreme Home Makeover.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:07AM[SHARE]On this episode, the editors talk to the founding artistic director of Mixed Blood Theatre, Jack Reuler, and his soon-to-be successor Mark Valdez about leadership, social justice, and the fu…
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The award, which comes with a $60,000 prize, recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting among emerging talents.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:18PM[SHARE]April has been an eventful theatre month, from Mae West's obscenity charges to Shakespeare's birthday to the Tony Awards ceremony.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:33AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 5, 2022
After 18 and 50 years respectively at the helm of Asolo Rep, the theatre's producing artistic director and managing director will step down in June of 2023.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:59PM[SHARE]The second round of 2021-22 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards, totaling $731,000, will support 16 world premiere productions with extended development and rehearsal time.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:51PM[SHARE]Friday, April 1, 2022
Presented in honor of his play 'tiny father,' the prize includes a $10,000 award and the accompanying $10,000 Jay Harris Commission to write a new play.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:56AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 29, 2022
53 percent of theatregoers are not in favor of ending the mask requirement on April 30, and 77 percent are very negative about eliminating the vaccination requirement.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:48PM[SHARE]The $2.1 million in expedited arts funding includes $1.6 million for Chicago small arts organizations and $576,000 for general operating renewal grants.
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The second annual youth playwriting festival, currently accepting short play submissions from students in grades 3-12, aims bring theatre education into Boston area classrooms.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:56PM[SHARE]Friday, March 25, 2022
On this episode the editors talk to the director of the drama '7 Minutes' about labor, management, and new-play development .
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:03PM[SHARE]The original Orin Dennis from 'Children of Lesser God,' the self-starting Merkin had a rich career as a Deaf theatre innovator, mentor, and raconteur.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:47PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 22, 2022
A seasoned fundraiser, she is tasked with activating and growing TCG's major gifts and planned giving.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:17PM[SHARE]6 new short plays with an Afrofuturist focus will be created by native Detroit artists over the span of 48 hours and performed live on Sunday, March 27.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:04AM[SHARE]Monday, March 21, 2022
The 5th annual festival will run April 1-10 and will feature a lineup of 85 shows and events from 64 organizations.
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