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Friday, April 20, 2018

Sarah McLellan: EST's Developing Story by American Theatre Editors

She brings an administrative brain to a small, hardy new-play company on the verge of an upgrade.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM[SHARE]

Fish in Water: How White Playwrights Unpack Whiteness by American Theatre Editors

Do a crop of inward-looking new plays about white privilege represent a step forward, or are they an expression of privilege in themselves?

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 19, 2018

Penobscot Theatre Names John Hedges Executive Director by American Theatre Editors

Hedges will begin the post in Maine next month.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:16PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Jobsite Theater Announces 20th Anniversary Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will include a remount of 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch,' and a mdoernized Hedda Gabler by Lucy Kirkwood.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:23PM[SHARE]

La Jolla Playhouse Names Debby Buchholz Managing Director by American Theatre Editors

The company's general manager will step into the role next month.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:13PM[SHARE]

Applications Open for Next Round of TCG's Rising Leaders of Color by American Theatre Editors

The application deadline is May 4 for theatre leaders (including a journalist) based in New York City or St. Louis.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:29PM[SHARE]

Joe Mantello: The Way We Do the Things We Do by American Theatre Editors

As a director, he's interested in how people act on each other; he also has a visual instinct. Both came in handy for 'Three Tall Women.'

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:42PM[SHARE]

Liesl Tommy Won't Take No For an Answer by American Theatre Editors

How the Tony-nominated director makes space for women of color in the theatre, not just herself.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:35PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Undermain Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The Dallas theatre's season will include world premiere plays by Len Jenkin and Matthew Paul Olmos.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:02PM[SHARE]

Florida Rep Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The nine-show season will feature new plays, classic works, and jukebox musicals.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:34PM[SHARE]

Penguin Rep Theatre to Present 4 Shows in 2018-19 by American Theatre Editors

The season will feature plays from Mark St. Germain, Joe DiPietro, Michael McKeever, and Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:27PM[SHARE]

The O'Neill Announces 2018 Summer Season by American Theatre Editors

The new-works incubator will present readings and developmental productions of plays and musicals, among them works by Beth Henley and Cori Thomas.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:22PM[SHARE]

The Subtext: Leah Nanako Winkler and Mark Schultz by American Theatre Editors

This month's episode is super-long because Brian James Polak traveled to the Humana Festival and spoke to two playwrights that were getting world premieres there.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:14PM[SHARE]

Not Feeling It: Max Posner on 'The Treasurer' by American Theatre Editors

The long-standing distance between a mother and her son is not quite closed in this new play about grief, guilt, and longing.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:55AM[SHARE]
Monday, April 16, 2018

Martyna Majok Wins 2018 Pulitzer Prize for 'Cost of Living' by American Theatre Editors

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's 'Everybody' and Tracy Letts's 'The Minutes' were this year's finalists.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:53PM[SHARE]

GalaPro App Provides All-Access Experience for Theatregoers by American Theatre Editors

GalaPro, now in 12 Broadway theatres, could make every performance accessible to Deaf and low-vision audiences.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:59AM[SHARE]

Duke Foundation Awards Nearly $4 Million to 16 Arts Service Orgs by American Theatre Editors

This year's grants go to a range of performing arts service organizations, including TCG.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:57AM[SHARE]

Florida Rep's Artistic Director Fired After Allegations of Bullying by American Theatre Editors

Robert Cacioppo has been ousted from the theatre he co-founded for creating a 'toxic work environment.'

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:46AM[SHARE]
Friday, April 13, 2018

Premiere Stages at Kean University Announces 2018 Season by American Theatre Editors

The theatre company presents a season, its 14th, comprising all new works.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:27PM[SHARE]

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Names Tom Ridgely Executive Producer by American Theatre Editors

The co-founder of New York's Waterwell will take the reins of the Missouri company.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PM[SHARE]

Actors Home Seniors 'Still Dreaming' in PBS Documentary by American Theatre Editors

Residents at the New Jersey home, many former Broadway pros, got another turn in a staging of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:50PM[SHARE]

Woolly Mammoth Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season includes collaborations with the Second City and Uprights Citizens Brigade and plays by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Rajiv Joseph.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:29PM[SHARE]

Women Ran the Table at the 2018 Humana Festival by American Theatre Editors

The 42nd Humana Festival of New American Plays hosted the Kilroys and Anne Bogart, awarded Lauren Gunderson a prize, and staged a majority female-authored slate.

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Honolulu Theatre for Youth Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

This season includes seven shows under the theme 'Our Stories.'

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:47AM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 12, 2018

Dobama Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season of All Female Playwrights by American Theatre Editors

The Cleveland theatre's season features six local premieres.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:57PM[SHARE]

Token Theatre Friends: British Invasion by American Theatre Editors

On this episode, it's 'Angels in America" ($200+) vs 'Yerma' (40+). Plus, 'The Great Comet's' Grace McLean drops by to discuss music-making and angry women.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:46PM[SHARE]

A Noise Within Announces 7-Show 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

This season will include classic plays from Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, and Tom Stoppard.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:43AM[SHARE]

Signature Season to Include Its First Musical, From Dave Malloy by American Theatre Editors

Also on the slate are two comedies by Lynn Nottage and revivals of work by former resident playwrights Athol Fugard, Will Eno, and Sam Shepard.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:35AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 11, 2018

InterAct Theatre 2018-19 Season to Feature 2 World Premieres by American Theatre Editors

The Philadelphia theatre will produce new plays by Josh Wilder and Gabriel Jason Dean.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:36PM[SHARE]

Paula Vogel Wins 2018 Margo Jones Award by American Theatre Editors

The playwright will be celebrated at a ceremony later this month.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:28PM[SHARE]

Lauren Gunderson Wins Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award by American Theatre Editors

The prize recognizes her play 'Book of Will' and comes with $25,000.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:49AM[SHARE]

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