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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Dallas Children's Theater Holds Mask Design and Decorating Contest by American Theatre Editors

Open to children entering kindergarten through grade 12, the contest runs through Aug. 16.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:21PM[SHARE]

Broadway On Demand Seeks Submissions for New Programming by American Theatre Editors

The service, set to launch on Sept. 1, is open to content from a variety or artists and artisans in various formats.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:08PM[SHARE]

TDF to Reopen Costume Collection Rental Program by American Theatre Editors

Beginning Aug. 4, TDF's Costume Collection will reopen for in-person and mail-order services, with new safety guidelines and restrictions.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:46PM[SHARE]

Tim Bond: Best-Laid Plans by American Theatre Editors

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's new artistic director tries to balance with nimbleness with caution as he looks toward an uncertain future.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:00PM[SHARE]

The Job Is to Be Invisible, Not to Disappear Entirely by American Theatre Editors

What does the future of theatre look like to a freelance general technician? It may be time to build that camper van and hit the road.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Movement Theatre Announces Second Round of 1MOVE: DES19NED BY… by American Theatre Editors

The second cohort, consisting of 15 designers, is dedicated to amplifying the work of Black designers and creative collaborators.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:16PM[SHARE]

SDC Back Joe Biden for President, Its First Such Endorsement by American Theatre Editors

The directors and choreographers' union makes its first presidential endorsement to meet an 'extraordinary, destabilizing' moment.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:03PM[SHARE]

Echo Theater Company Names Ahmed Best Associate AD by American Theatre Editors

The actor, director, and fight choreographer will help lead programming and hiring decisions for the L.A.-based company.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:34PM[SHARE]

Three on the Aisle: Side With Hope by American Theatre Editors

The critics return to consider when theatre will return, how to cover it when it does, and how not to succumb to Zoom despair.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:29PM[SHARE]

A Tale of Two Reopenings, With and Without the Union Label by American Theatre Editors

American Shakespeare Center and Berkshire Theatre Group will soon open full-scale productions, but only one has Actors' Equity's approval.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:05PM[SHARE]

'You Can Be Anything': Myra Su's Puppet Worlds by American Theatre Editors

Using crankies and shadow puppets, among other forms, the Chicago artist distills her experiences into live visual story events.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:51AM[SHARE]
Monday, July 20, 2020

Online This Week: It's Possible! by American Theatre Editors

From a vintage 'Cinderella' to the bracing 'Is God Is,' there's something for every palate this week.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:15PM[SHARE]

Hanane Hajj Ali Named Winner of 2020 Gilder/Coigney Award by American Theatre Editors

The League of Professional Theatre Women will present the award in October.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:17PM[SHARE]

Emerging Artist Initiative Launches Relief Fund by American Theatre Editors

The funds will support young and emerging artists and art administrators.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:15PM[SHARE]

Playwrights Horizons Announces 2020-21 Season by American Theatre Editors

The company's 50th anniversary season will be presented when it is safe to welcome audiences.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:58PM[SHARE]
Friday, July 17, 2020

Nikkole Salter Named TCG Board Chair, Along With New Slate of Officers by American Theatre Editors

The playwright/actress brings an independent artist's perspective to the board room, where she hopes it can offer the field a 'bird's-eye view' at a crucial time.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:00PM[SHARE]

Sydney Charles and the Price of Happiness by American Theatre Editors

This Chicago-based performer's on-again, off-again relationship with theatre takes another turn, but she's not bowing out.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:30AM[SHARE]
Thursday, July 16, 2020

Alleyway Theatre Announces New Leadership, All Virtual Season by American Theatre Editors

Chris J. Handley and Robyn Lee Horn take over as leadership for the Buffalo company.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:03PM[SHARE]

Cincinnati Theatres Jointly Announce Delayed Seasons by American Theatre Editors

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati set tentative reopening schedules.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:38PM[SHARE]

Arena Stage Announces Updated 2020-21 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will open in January of 2021 will 'Celia and Fidel,' which was cut short this spring.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:03PM[SHARE]

MENA Artists Launch National Alliance by American Theatre Editors

The National Alliance for Middle Eastern and North African Theater Makers will amplify the voices of MENA artists in the American theatre.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:00PM[SHARE]

The 2020 Obie Awards Bring Magic Home by American Theatre Editors

Big winners of the night included 'Heroes of the Fourth Turning,' 'A Strange Loop,' and 'Is This A Room.'

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:58PM[SHARE]

Liz Swados's Legacy: The Revolution Will Be Vocalized by American Theatre Editors

A new album featuring many of her alt-musical singer/composer heirs reminds us of the vital, ever-timely pulse of her music.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:22PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Burning Coal Theatre Company Announces 'The 19th Amendment Project' by American Theatre Editors

The series of 10-minute plays by women and non-binary writers explores the passage of the amendment and its impact 100 years later.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:08PM[SHARE]

Court Theatre Announces Reimagined 2020-21 Season by American Theatre Editors

The Chicago company will produce a virtual series this fall, and live programming will resume in February 2021.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:03PM[SHARE]

The League of Chicago Theatres Announces Samuel G. Roberson Jr. Resident Fellowship by American Theatre Editors

The year-long fellowship for Black Chicago-area artists is aimed at creating lasting relationships between artists and theatres.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:02PM[SHARE]

Not a Moment but a Movement: Toward an Anti-Racist American Theatre by American Theatre Editors

The collective that started by saying 'We See You, White American Theater' makes its own demands to be seen, and fully included, at last.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:50PM[SHARE]

Great Lakes: Business as Unusual, and Some Urgent Questions by American Theatre Editors

Midwestern orgs are hunkering down but not defeated in their plans to stay relevant as they restructure.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:48PM[SHARE]

Mid-Atlantic: Adaptation and Engagement by American Theatre Editors

At theatres in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, flexibility is the watchword.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:46PM[SHARE]

Artists of the World, Unite! by American Theatre Editors

As we face another Depression, can we dream of a new Federal Theatre Project? Any such hope begins with political organizing onstage and off.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:44PM[SHARE]

New England: Inward and Outward by American Theatre Editors

Theatres in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Connecticut are variously going local and virtual, and reflecting deeply on their role in a changed future.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:42PM[SHARE]

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