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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Offscript: Kameron Steele and the Worm by American Theatre Editors

This week, teacher/performer/author Kameron Steele stops by to talk about a new book of Suzuki's writing, and the editors argue about the Tonys and Bitter Lemons' pay-for-reviews gambit.

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Rough Writers Festival Take Cues From Georgia O'Keeffe's Paintings by American Theatre Editors

In conjunction with a touring exhibit of the painter's works, eight new plays inspired by her art are on offer---including one by a distant relative.

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Rob Weinert-Kendt To Succeed Jim O'Quinn as American Theatre Editor by American Theatre Editors

After a three-decade run at the magazine he helped to found, O'Quinn will be succeeded by a current senior editor.

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Know a Theatre: Long Beach Playhouse of Long Beach, Calif. by American Theatre Editors

This small two-stage theatre produces a wide-ranging season and operates 50 weeks out of the year.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Salt Lake Acting Company 2015-16 Season to Include Four World Premieres by American Theatre Editors

The Utah theatre's season will an NNPN rolling world premiere by Steve Yockey, and three locally grown works.

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Annie Baker Named Inaugural Resident Playwright of Accabonac House by American Theatre Editors

Baker has received a development retreat in the former house of Willem de Kooning.

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Dancing on the Edge with Spring Valley High's Thespian Troupe 721 by American Theatre Editors

How one dedicated director is keeping the theatre program alive and kicking at a struggling New York school.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

7 Steps for Achieving Gender Parity in the Theatre by American Theatre Editors

At an April conference in Toronto, we came up with a plan for change that can take root and grow into a more equitable future for female theatre artists.

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Onstage This Week: June 8"14 by American Theatre Editors

David Ives is well represented this week, along with family dramas and iconic musicals from Alaska to Rhode Island.

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Regina Taylor's 'stop.reset.' Gives the Goodman Something to Tweet About by American Theatre Editors

The author's new play about the advance of technology offers tweet seats, an interactive hallway entrance and a microsite.

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Bailiwick Chicago's 'The Wild Party' Tops Non-Equity Jeff Awards by American Theatre Editors

At last night's ceremony honoring non-union productions, Bailiwick and Griffin Theatre Company were big winners, and a posthumous award went to Russ Tutterow.

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In Hollywood, Theatre Is Already on the Fringe, So Why Not Name It and Claim It? by American Theatre Editors

Modeling itself after Edinburgh, the Hollywood Fringe Festival may be bigger than ever, but the shows are still small, scrappy and uncurated.

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Playwrights Called to Center Stage for New Collective by American Theatre Editors

Center Stage adds a new writing initiative for local playwrights to collaborate and develop new work at the regional theatre.

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Clubbed Thumb's Rules of Thumb: Funny, Strange, Provocative"and Fast by American Theatre Editors

The troupe's 20th Summerworks festival, featuring plays by Jerry Lieblich, Kate E. Ryan and Jaclyn Backhaus, showcases both its downtown aesthetics and its experimental work ethic.

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Monday, June 8, 2015

Caption Contest: Backstage Tech Edition by American Theatre Editors

Play this month's caption contest and you might win a copy of 'Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)' by Suzan-Lori Parks!

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What You Missed at the Tony Awards by American Theatre Editors

While CBS ran commercials, a lot of important, even historic, awards were doled out.

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Oregon Shakes Launches Equity and Inclusion Training Program by American Theatre Editors

The initiative will hold annual workshops to train national theatre leaders on issues of equity, diversity and inclusion.

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Friday, June 5, 2015

The House Jac Alder Built: More Than Just a Theatre, a Theatre Community by American Theatre Editors

Colleagues remember the visionary cofounder of Theatre Three, who died two weeks ago.

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Profiles Theatre Season to Include Neil LaBute Premiere, Return of 'Hellcab' by American Theatre Editors

The season is book-ended with by Beth Henley and Penelope Skinner, and also features Jez Butterworth's 'Jerusalem.'

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Antaeus to Open New Cultural Center by American Theatre Editors

North Hollywood's classics-oriented theatre breaks ground on a new venue in nearby Glendale.

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Turning Nashville's Moment into New-Play Momentum by American Theatre Editors

Plays in Nashville Rep's Ingram New Works Lab go from seedling to sapling. The town's new-play scene, and the appetite for it, is similarly growing.

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Pacific Conservatory Theatre Announces Diverse 2015"16 Season by American Theatre Editors

The slate ranges from Rodgers & Hammerstein and Gilbert & Sullivan to Johnna Adams and Joanna McClelland.

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A.C.T.'s 2015"16 Season Ranges From 'Riverside' to 'Ah, Wilderness!' by American Theatre Editors

The roster includes musicals, dramas and comedies from Eugene O'Neill to Will Eno.

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Todd Almond, Young Jean Lee, Sheila Callaghan Announced for Kirk Douglas Season by American Theatre Editors

The roster at CTG's small Westside space also includes Geoff Sobelle and Samuel Beckett.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Thornton Wilder Conference to Draw International Scholars to Rhode Island by American Theatre Editors

The writer's estate collaborates in the second such gathering, which will fete Paula Vogel and feature talks by Will Eno and Gordon Edelstein.

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New York Live Arts Announces 2015"16 Season by American Theatre Editors

The movement-based company's season includes performance art, dance, theatre and music.

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Great Plains Theatre Conference: A Homecoming of the Mind by American Theatre Editors

One week each year, a Nebraska campus becomes a hub for playwrights to rekindle camaraderie and dreams---oh, and present some fierce new work.

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Mildred's Umbrella Announces 2015"16 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season's roster includes works (mostly) by, for and about women.

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St. Ann's Warehouse Announces Starry First Season in New Space by American Theatre Editors

Mark Rylance, Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster and another all-female Donmar Shakespeare lead inaugural season at new space.

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Pierre Audi Named Artistic Director of Park Avenue Armory by American Theatre Editors

The 55,000-square-foot drill hall and industrial theatre space makes room for new leader.

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Dean Madeline Puzo to Step Down from USC's Theatre School by American Theatre Editors

She leaves after 13 years as dean of the school of dramatic arts, with David Bridel serving as her interim replacement.

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