This year in-person offerings and a musical theatre showcase have been added to the Detroit festival uplifting Black stories and playwrights.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:50AM[SHARE]This month Brian talks to the 'Yoga Play' author about the absurdism of real life and how her globally forged voice meets contemporary American life.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PM[SHARE]This month Woodzick talks to the founder of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret about her origin story, gender cannibals, and the fine art of hosting.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:35AM[SHARE]The honor goes to a freelance director focused on building just communities through generative work, consensus organizing, and research and development.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:55AM[SHARE]CLEVELAND: Cleveland Play House (CPH) board of directors has announced that regional theatre veteran Mark Cuddy has been appointed to serve as interim artistic director as the theatre seeks …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PM[SHARE]This excerpt from a new book introducing performers to the unique world of the stage actor covers some of its unique rituals and traditions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:36PM[SHARE]The experienced director and educator will suceed Andrew Borba in running the summer theatre in southwest New York state.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:58AM[SHARE]After a year as director of the theatre's director of inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA), she will move up to both oversee a wider variety of operations and to infuse IDEA value…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:42AM[SHARE]The NYC-based company will next host Criminal Queerness Festival, welcoming theatremakers from nations where homosexuality is outlawed at a time when U.S. also faces renewed threats from the…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM[SHARE]The 2022 cohort includes 6 Pittsburgh-based BIPOC leaders in all theatre disciplines.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:11PM[SHARE]A recent reading of TyLie Shider's play 'Whittier,' about the aftermath of George Floyd's murder, brought together artists intent on sustaining the energy of the past 2 years of protest.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:02PM[SHARE]Hailing from an accomplished Chicago family, she started in journalism, then went on to break barriers as an actor, playwright, and director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:36AM[SHARE]When he put 'Broadway' in a song lyric, Michael R. Jackson was unwittingly naming the destination, and the destiny, for his unapologetically Black and queer musical, which won the Best Music…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:57AM[SHARE]After 25 years and more than 200 productions, Smith will step down in 2023 to make room for a new chapter at the D.C. theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:57AM[SHARE]Artists Nancy GarcÃa Loza, Nabil Ince, Michael Manson, Aram Han Sifuentes, and Pramila Vasudevan will join with institutions to create projects fostering culturally vibrant, equitable, an…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:08PM[SHARE]An excerpt from a new book about the lessons learned from staging the work of 2 major English writers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AM[SHARE]In streamlining its offerings, the annual Omaha new-play gathering has gained what visiting artists see as an increase in collegiality, support, and breathing room.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:21AM[SHARE]The Educational Theatre Association's annual statistics also show an uptick in theatre participation among young people, as in-person performances return.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:57AM[SHARE]He'll leave his post as A.D. and director of arts engagement for San Diego's Old Globe to succeed Shanta Thake as the Public's director of artistic programs/associate artistic director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:41AM[SHARE]After 46 years as downtown San Diego's resident theatre, the REP has decided to suspend operations while exploring options for a fiscally sustainable future.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:40PM[SHARE]Why a new same-sex revision of the classic Off-Broadway musical, with tweaks by original lyricist/librettist Tom Jones, may work even better than the original boy-girl version.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:06AM[SHARE]A new musical at the Alliance Theatre, based on the Eddie Murphy/Dan Aykroyd switcheroo comedy, has traded out a few elements.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:26PM[SHARE]This year's Regional Tony Award winner, nestled on the campus of the University of Chicago, takes an approach to the classics that isn't merely academic.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:00PM[SHARE]This week we talk to the playwright of 'Alma' and 'In His Hands' about intimacy, religion, poetic realism, and Mario Kart.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:48PM[SHARE]The longtime artistic director of Oregon Children's Theatre lived out his passion for supporting the development of others, both onstage and off.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:46AM[SHARE]This month features audacious performers, iconic gay activists, and the establishment of important cultural institutions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:49PM[SHARE]The Public Theater founder's life and legacy, traced in a documentary on PBS, may be best understood, and built upon, as part of the U.S. regional theatre movement.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:11AM[SHARE]The initiative will honor the pioneering playwright's legacy with a touring statue and support for the work of multiple female/non-binary playwrights of color.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:21AM[SHARE]The upstate N.Y. retreat has announced the 2022 participants for its 6 residency programs as well as the recipients of the Bryan Gallace/Posthumous Prodigy Productions Fellowship.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:05AM[SHARE]The nonprofit ensemble theatre, known for commitment to community and storytelling, will end its run in July, only a year after hiring a new artistic director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:52AM[SHARE]From 'In Love and Warcraft' to 'Queen,' she's one of the theatre's busiest and most versatile playwrights, though her success has come with its share of pain and disillusionment.
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