Monday, August 10, 2020
Megan Monaghan Rivas, Kyle Haden, Dick Block and Amy Nichols will lead after Peter Cooke's retirement in September.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:44PM[SHARE]The series kicks off with short solo plays by women of color in celebration of the centennial of the 19th Amendment.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:35PM[SHARE]More than a rebranding, the organization's new focus is designed to better resource Black artists and drive social change.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:22PM[SHARE]The company has decided to push its season start to 2021, and has moved its annual new-play festival online.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:11PM[SHARE]Friday, August 7, 2020
The season, which will now begin in November, will feature two world premieres and a Pulitzer winner.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:28PM[SHARE]My relationship with the great theatre critic began with a wary interview but soon gave way to a lifetime of anecdotes, confidences, and laughter.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:02PM[SHARE]Risa Shoup is the company's interim executive director, with Virginia Louloudes on leave after concerns were raised about her leadership.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:02AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 6, 2020
The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University is researching safety protocols that could help Atlanta theatres eventually reopen.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:54PM[SHARE]Most theatres recognize that all-white seasons and casts are wrong. So why are administration, management, and staff still so homogeneous?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:47AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Theatre students and alumni join the anti-racist groundswell in the U.S. theatre to pen statements speaking up about their experiences and demanding change.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:11PM[SHARE]A new site celebrates the designs for canceled productions and offers a peek behind the scenes.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:20AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Kirya Traber and EstefanÃa Fadul will receive financial and administrative support to development new works as part of the residency program.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:01PM[SHARE]From the first staging of an English-language on U.S. soil to the founding of Arena Stage, August has been a hot month for theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:16PM[SHARE]Three books look at the lives and impact of three influential 20th-century directors.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:58PM[SHARE]Monday, August 3, 2020
The Chicago company will elevate ensemble member Kamille Dawkins to interim artistic director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:28PM[SHARE]Davis will join the leadership team alongside current AD Nina Meehan, who will become the company's CEO.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:25PM[SHARE]A series of new-play festivals are rolling out this week, as are a murder mystery musical, some online book clubs, and BD Wong in 'Songs From an Unmade Bed.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:19PM[SHARE]Sometimes the best thing you can do for a theatre company you've built is to leave it for others to make their own.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:04PM[SHARE]The Chicago company has also announced a new online Industry Training Institute.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:55PM[SHARE]The inaugural fellowship will support 10 Black, female-identifying artist activists over the course of 6 months.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:21AM[SHARE]Friday, July 31, 2020
The virtual workshops will pair the selected playwrights with directors, dramaturgs, and professional actors.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:47PM[SHARE]The company's two-year exploration of Paula Vogel, Lynn Nottage, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will be presented as audio plays and podcasts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:09PM[SHARE]The actor and activist looks back on a career that began on Broadway in 1950 and took her around the world to tell Black women's stories.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 30, 2020
Our trauma demands and deserves creative expression, but our lives are about so much more than tragedy.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:59PM[SHARE]The Connecticut company's staff will also be pared to 21 employees as the theatre turns its attention to virtual programming.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:38PM[SHARE]Adam M. Kassim, Kholoud Sawaf, Blayze Teicher, and Sharifa Yasmin are this year's virtual fellows.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:35PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 29, 2020
In response to demands for change, the company will pay playwrights during rehearsal, eliminate punishing '10 out of 12' tech weeks, and strive for greater pay equity.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:58PM[SHARE]Though no dates are set, the D.C. company's season is planning to end with the pre-Broadway run of 'A Strange Loop.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:39PM[SHARE]The San Francisco company will produce a radio version of 'A Christmas Carol,' a film of a Heather Christian musical, plus five in-person productions.
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