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He will leave his post as general manager at Yale Rep to co-lead ART with artistic director Diane Paulus starting in June.
In 'i need space,' a new digital series from Donja R. Love, Ashley gets the chance to play a Black, trans, and HIV-positive character whose experience harmonizes with his own.
Amid health and climate crises, a new-works program takes Latine writers to their ancestral homes to inspire hope and healing.
The editors speak to the playwright of 'Amerikin,' a new play about white supremacy, now onstage Houston's Alley Theatre after repeated pandemic delays.
After a long association with Portland Center Stage, including 5 years as managing director, she'll join an influential arts consultancy.
The $3,000 prize from the Adrienne Shelly Foundation will support the writing of Gmitter's new play, 'The Night Witches,' about a group of Soviet female combat pilots.
She will succeed Coya Paz Brownrigg, who has served as interim dean since July 2021.
The Creatives Rebuild initiative provides either guaranteed income or employment funding for artists and arts institutions across New York State.
More than half of scholarships and subsides for the June gathering in Pittsburgh will go to applicants from communities that are under-represented in the field of theatre.
The festival will partner with Deaf West Theatre and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
This year's fest will feature 5 staged readings, 1 full production, and excerpts from a new musical in development.
After 57 years in one place, the influential theatre will become itinerant to better serve its community, though a theatre 'hub' anchoring its many partnerships may be in its future.
The Muny's online auditions for 'Legally Blonde' found an unexpectedly wide audience on the app, but were these dancers actually up for the part, or just building their following?
As he prepares for the premiere of 'Bruise & Thorn,' the playwright formerly known as J. Julian Christopher is still defining himself"and embracing the parts that remain undefined.
Kyra Sims has been named the first Co-AD of New York Neo-Futurists, alongside current co-artistic director Rob Neill.
He will succeed founding artistic director Jack Reuler, who has led the Minneapolis theatre for 46 years.
The company has added associate artistic directors Ben Wolfe and Sarah Fleming Walker, and Sarah Chong Harmer as education and community engagement programs manager.
Brian talks to the Queens-based playwright about her New England roots and her approach to balancing work and mental health.
As we work to expand our definition of classics beyond the work of white men, let's not forget to look outside English-language drama as well.
Mardee Bennett's 'The Reapers on Woodbrook Avenue' has taken the award, which comes with $2,500 prize.
The New York Times critic at large was cited for chronicling a tumultuous year in live art.
Why the Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards are beginning to eliminate gendered acting awards, in recognition of a generational shift and an increase in LGBTGIA+ representation.
Not every Jewish role needs to be cast with Jewish actors, but for plays with anti-Semitic elements, strong Jewish representation is a must.
The new book will include 25 short plays by early-career Black playwrights.
The creation of a Civil War-era piece called 'Wakeman and Toliver' is supported by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts.
