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Along with his provocative, form-breaking plays, his great work of the last few decades was a mentorship style that was expansive, dialogic, opinionated but undogmatic.
A new streaming platform from Broadway on Demand offers a place for regional theatres to introduce themselves to national, even global audiences.
Jake Brasch will develop a new play with groups of students at two colleges in Tennessee.
The company's cohort of actor-managers will lead a season of three shows in repertory.
The actor and educator talks about the reasons for their departure from Broadway's 'Moulin Rouge!' and about the theatre field they'd like to help build.
After running the influential Off-Broadway powerhouse since 1988, he will depart next summer; a search for his successor is underway.
Director/playwright Kareem Fahmy has created an open-source spreadsheet to match BIPOC directors with theatres and playwrights.
Cofield will begin a 3-year appointment in September, succeeding previous chair Mark Wing-Davey and interim chair Janet Zarish.
The artistic director of the Twin Cities' Penumbra reflects on an outrageous paradox: that Black vulnerability could exculpate white violence.
Sylvia Khoury, Jordan E. Cooper, and Donnetta Lavinia Grays will each receive a $50,000 prize.
The scholarship is named in honor of the lighting designer, who passed in 2020.
At Seattle's Red Eagle Soaring, Sayet and Moses will share artistic director duties, modeling and shaping a decolonized process to better serve Native youth.
An experienced producer and arts administrator, she'll replace Buzz Ward, who's retiring after 29 years in the post.
The season will feature a combination of indoor, outdoor, streaming, and audio productions.
Two $2,500 scholarships will support student and professional musicians working in the theatre.
After 11 years helping Harvard's resident theatre mount many works that went to Broadway, she'll return to her native London.
The updated season includes two new plays by Dael Orlandersmith.
The season features 3 world premieres and a combination of indoor and outdoor productions.
Her 'Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You Too August Wilson)' imagines a protected Black state founded after a second Civil War.
The experienced leader and teacher will also serve as resident director at Yale Rep for a five-year term.
A celebration of Arab American Heritage Month, from Khalil Gibran to the opening of Leila Buck's 'Hkeelee (Talk to Me).'
If you haven't committed to dismantling racism and ending harassment, don't rush to reopen your doors.
The first woman in the role, she succeeds Doug Wright and is joined by a slate of board officers including Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Kristoffer Diaz, and Christine Toy Johnson.
'An Almost Holy Picture' will replace 'Sense and Sensibility' and the theatre will return to in-person performances in August.
Suttles, an experienced arts leader with fundraising and strategic planning background, joined the Bay Area company last week.
