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Friday, September 1, 2017

The Silence and Noise of "Small Mouth Sounds" by American Theatre Editors

How sound designer Stowe Nelson filled the silence in a play that had almost no dialogue.

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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Theatrical Outfit Managing Director Lee Foster to Depart by American Theatre Editors

Foster will leave in the fall, and a search for a new managing director will begin in January.

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American Theatre's Leadership Vacuum: Who Will Fill It? by American Theatre Editors

With top positions turning over across the country, an historic sea change is possible"and so is more of the same.

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Succession and Diversity Must Go Hand in Hand by American Theatre Editors

With 20 major American theatres facing leadership transitions, boards and search firms have to do better than the status quo.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

'Seedfolks' Seeds Future Partnerships at ASSITEJ World Congress by American Theatre Editors

Children's Theatre Company took a signature work to the gathering in South Africa.

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Steven Woolf to Retire from Repertory Theatre of St. Louis by American Theatre Editors

After 30 years, the longtime leader of the 50-year-old theatre will step down.

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Trans-Pacific Partnership by American Theatre Editors

Japan's Tadashi Suzuki revisits SITI, the U.S. company he helped found 25 years ago.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:17AM[SHARE]

Boston Children's Theatre Announces 2017-18 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will feature the return of two holiday favorites and stage adaptations of children's books.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:47AM[SHARE]
Monday, August 28, 2017

Houston Theatres Survey the Damage by American Theatre Editors

Downtown theatres take the worst of Harvey's downpour, but the citywide impact runs deeper than flood water.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:23PM[SHARE]

Rick Dildine Named Artistic Director of Alabama Shakespeare Festival by American Theatre Editors

The new leader previously served at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:31PM[SHARE]

Onstage This Week: Aug. 28-Sept. 4 by American Theatre Editors

From thrillers to classic musicals, from California to Vermont, it is another entertaining week of theatre.

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Sunday, August 27, 2017

Vermont Stage Sets 6-Show 2017-18 Season by American Theatre Editors

Next season at the theatre will feature the Vermont premiere of 'Fun Home' and a new Stephen Spotswood play.

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Friday, August 25, 2017

Shaw Festival Announces 12-Show 2018 Season by American Theatre Editors

The Canadian theatre will mount three Shaw plays and host Stephen Fry for Greek-myth trilogy.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:19PM[SHARE]

How Much Is a Theatre MFA Worth? by American Theatre Editors

What the crisis at Harvard's ART Institute says about the precarious state of theatre training in higher education.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:10AM[SHARE]
Thursday, August 24, 2017

Houston's 4th Wall Theatre Comes Tumbling Down by American Theatre Editors

After seven seasons of adventurous work and equitable wages, the company will close on a high note in December.

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Offscript: Autism and Authorship With Anushka Paris-Carter and Andy Paris by American Theatre Editors

On this week's podcast, Anushka Paris-Carter and Andy Paris discuss their documentary play about autism. Plus, the hosts discuss the Stephen Adly Guirgis copyright controversy.

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Producer Stuart Thompson: Exit the King by American Theatre Editors

A drink with Stuart at Bar Centrale before curtain up was always a highlight of my time in New York.

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Catastrophic Theatre Announces 2017-18 Season by American Theatre Editors

The slate will include three world premieres, a Mickle Maher mini-festival, and an immersive show.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:24PM[SHARE]

Gulfshore Playhouse Announces 2017-18 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will include a world premiere, classic plays, farces, and more.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:50AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

MOXIE Theatre Announces Leadership Transitions by American Theatre Editors

Jennifer Eve Thorn and Callie Prendiville have stepped into the top artistic roles at the San Diego company.

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A Room Full of Mirrors by American Theatre Editors

For all its heightened relevance and accountability, documentary theatre can't be constrained by its subject.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:44AM[SHARE]

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Documentary Theatre? by American Theatre Editors

Stage works based on real material range so widely that about all they have in common is their makers' aversion to labels.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:42AM[SHARE]

Real Talk About Real Talk by American Theatre Editors

Some of documentary theatre's leaders discuss the art of the interview---and the deeply personal play-making that comes after.

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Ringside? Let's Take Down the Ropes by American Theatre Editors

Theatre ought to grow our moral imagination in a time of crisis. How do we get there"and who is 'we'?

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A History of U.S. Documentary Theatre in Three Stages by American Theatre Editors

Both in content and form, documentary theatre in the U.S. has always been at theatre's cutting edge.

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Our Reflection Talks Back by American Theatre Editors

In the digital post-truth era; theatre of the real doesn't just dramatize change---in some case it embodies it.

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'Foreign to Myself' Delves Beyond the Trauma of War by American Theatre Editors

Goat in the Road's devised piece braided two veterans' stories into an examination of identity and homecoming.

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Monday, August 21, 2017

International City Theatre Announces 2018 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will feature classic and contemporary plays, and a chamber musical.

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Matt Shakman Named Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

The Black Dahlia Theatre founder and prolific TV director will replace Randall Arney.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:37PM[SHARE]

Onstage This Week: Aug. 14-20 by American Theatre Editors

From the streets of Paris to the halls of middle school, from the rabbit hole to Illyria, it is an adventurous week for theatre.

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Friday, August 18, 2017

'Change' Can't Come Soon Enough by American Theatre Editors

Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori's musical, with its Confederate-monument subplot, will get an unexpectedly timely revival.

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