Friday, January 10, 2020
A look at a new kind of graduate training, and at one versatile artist who's taken the plunge.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:34PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 8, 2020
The year-long project aims to put teen voices at the front of a nationwide conversation about gun violence.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:48PM[SHARE]The awards will recognize new plays by emerging and established playwrights that explore the Jewish experience.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:23AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 7, 2020
The Chicago organization will support 4 collaborations between artists of color and cultural organizations in the Great Lakes region.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:43PM[SHARE]Though his 1982 hit 'A Soldier's Play' is now on Broadway, its writer's only real ambition has been to tell the truth about people he'd never seen onstage.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:50PM[SHARE]Among other works, McDonald is recognized for her review of Broadway's 'King Kong.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:33PM[SHARE]Monday, January 6, 2020
The playwright receives the sixth annual award for his play 'Nightwatch.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:50PM[SHARE]As the walls among mediums begin to tumble, so too the boundaries separating training programs.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:12PM[SHARE]As dramatists begin to write for all media, the nation's playwriting programs are starting to teach beyond the stage.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:10PM[SHARE]7 playwrights who've honed their craft without the coveted degree tell how their roads diverged.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:08PM[SHARE]Rudi Goblen, break-dancing champ turned playwright, enters a school that has done its own share of learning.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:06PM[SHARE]Watching and helping John Guare build his plays inspired his erstwhile assistant to do the same.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:04PM[SHARE]What emerging writers can---and can't---learn from schools without a playwriting concentration.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:02PM[SHARE]What our departing senior editor's education and writing career has to say about the value of training and experience.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:00PM[SHARE]The downtown playwright and theatremaker talks about her aesthetic and DIY work ethic, and how much of each she'll bring to her new post.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:13PM[SHARE]Monday, December 30, 2019
Caryl Churchill is the only writer working now who says and does something genuinely new with each new play.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, December 27, 2019
The critics chat with the acclaimed Idahoan dramatist, and compare notes on Stephen Adly Guirgis, Harry Connick Jr., and Lauren Gunderson.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:10AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 26, 2019
How one of the nation's leading repertory theatre actors, who evoked universal admiration for his own work, returned the favor.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:30AM[SHARE]Jose talks with 'Slave Play's' Irene LucÃo, and gathers 2019 reflections from Young Jean Lee, Aleshea Harris, Jaime Lozano, and others.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:27AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Replacing Sean Daniels, Sale will be the first woman to lead the Massachusetts company.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:55PM[SHARE]The two Latinx companies will take up residence at the Latino Cultural Center in Dallas.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:51PM[SHARE]Mac will create video content for the company's broadcast television station and other digital platforms.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:49PM[SHARE]Monday, December 23, 2019
New books document the processes and productions of 2 major New York companies.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:07PM[SHARE]Friday, December 20, 2019
Menary will relocate from Chicago, where he co-founded Jackalope Theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:11PM[SHARE]The Windy City company will present new works by local playwrights as part of the lineup.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PM[SHARE]The Chicago company's artistic director Kurt Chiang will be succeeded by Kirsten Riiber in 2020.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:37PM[SHARE]It was a year of provocation, controversy, and turnover---and that was just in the theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:16AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 19, 2019
Pastor will work with artistic director Jonathan L. Green in leading the Chicago theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 18, 2019
TCG will honor the National Black Theatre Festival and David Henry Hwang with an evening of celebration and performances.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:43PM[SHARE]Russo will end his four-year post as managing director at the end of the company's fiscal year.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:48AM[SHARE]Shoshona Currier, Stephanie P. Fortunato, Alyce Lee, and Jacob Padrón have been appointed as council members.
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