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Previous executive director Sandee Grossman will now be managing director.
A former ensemble member who guided the troupe through the pandemic after Jon Carr's departure, he'll move from interim to permanent leader.
The New York festival showcases developing directors in a bill that also includes plays by Aditi Brennan Kapil, Caryl Churchill, and Aimé Césaire.
This class of artist-activists are honored for their use of narratives to impact systemic racism and criminal justice reform.
Among the grants are nearly 300 for theatre organizations, earmarked for a total of more than $3.2 million.
The groundbreaking Harlem company has broken literal ground, in plans for a prominent part within a mixed-use high-rise.
A poet/playwright reflects on the pleasure and possibility of a medium where deliberate fakery can lead to a kind of freedom.
Williamson, whose background is in directing, producing, and dramaturgy, will be the first woman to lead the Rochester company.
Peter Marks and Elisabeth Vincentelli gather one more time to remember their recently departed co-host, Terry Teachout.
Readers have a lot to say about post-show discussions.
Known for his historical plays, including 'Nixon's Nixon,' Lees also made a name scripting video games.
Woods recently served as co-artistic director at Seattle's Sound Theatre Company.
The Minnesota company will produce three new plays, including one by the late playwright Barbara Field.
How the Philly playwright's arrival in New York in 1968 changed the course of Black theatre in the U.S.
This week we say farewell to associate editor Jerald Raymond Pierce and talk to Steppenwolf Theatre's new co-artistic directors Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis.
He was a writer with rigor and taste, but as anyone who knew him (or sat near him) could tell you, he was as demonstrative and passionate an advocate as the theatre has ever had.
1812 Productions didn't just come up with a way to collaborate with designers on mini-stagings of 'King Lear' during the pandemic---they also turned it into a bake-off-style web series.
As she takes the reins of the Pace School of Performing Arts, she talks mentorship, marathons, and the future of the field.
Inspired by the Federal Theatre Project and the Black Arts Movement, the New Lafayette Theatre and New Federal Theatre were hubs of both art and activism.
In this excerpt from a new biography, playwright Lorraine Hansberry crosses paths with the director who would help to shape her iconic play.
Adams was selected following a top-to-bottom reevaluation of the company.
Lovers, friends, and colleagues gathered in New Orleans to celebrate the founding editor's open mind, questing spirit, and the delights he shared with the world.
This month's production of 'A Raisin in the Sun' has been postponed to spring, and a Broadway-bound staging of 'Destiny of Desire' has been cancelled.
Working alongside 3 artistic directors over 3 decades, she expanded the theatre's new-works department and emphasized mentorship and education.
The multi-department management group includes longtime company member Brandon Carter serving as artistic director.
