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More than a rebranding, the organization's new focus is designed to better resource Black artists and drive social change.
The company has decided to push its season start to 2021, and has moved its annual new-play festival online.
The season, which will now begin in November, will feature two world premieres and a Pulitzer winner.
My relationship with the great theatre critic began with a wary interview but soon gave way to a lifetime of anecdotes, confidences, and laughter.
Risa Shoup is the company's interim executive director, with Virginia Louloudes on leave after concerns were raised about her leadership.
The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University is researching safety protocols that could help Atlanta theatres eventually reopen.
Most theatres recognize that all-white seasons and casts are wrong. So why are administration, management, and staff still so homogeneous?
Theatre students and alumni join the anti-racist groundswell in the U.S. theatre to pen statements speaking up about their experiences and demanding change.
A new site celebrates the designs for canceled productions and offers a peek behind the scenes.
Kirya Traber and EstefanÃa Fadul will receive financial and administrative support to development new works as part of the residency program.
The Chicago company welcomes Selemon to the leadership team.
From the first staging of an English-language on U.S. soil to the founding of Arena Stage, August has been a hot month for theatre.
Three books look at the lives and impact of three influential 20th-century directors.
The 10-minute plays are written and directed by Black women.
The Chicago company will elevate ensemble member Kamille Dawkins to interim artistic director.
Davis will join the leadership team alongside current AD Nina Meehan, who will become the company's CEO.
A series of new-play festivals are rolling out this week, as are a murder mystery musical, some online book clubs, and BD Wong in 'Songs From an Unmade Bed.'
Sometimes the best thing you can do for a theatre company you've built is to leave it for others to make their own.
The Chicago company has also announced a new online Industry Training Institute.
The inaugural fellowship will support 10 Black, female-identifying artist activists over the course of 6 months.
The virtual workshops will pair the selected playwrights with directors, dramaturgs, and professional actors.
The company's two-year exploration of Paula Vogel, Lynn Nottage, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will be presented as audio plays and podcasts.
The actor and activist looks back on a career that began on Broadway in 1950 and took her around the world to tell Black women's stories.
Our trauma demands and deserves creative expression, but our lives are about so much more than tragedy.
The Connecticut company's staff will also be pared to 21 employees as the theatre turns its attention to virtual programming.
