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At theatres in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, flexibility is the watchword.
As we face another Depression, can we dream of a new Federal Theatre Project? Any such hope begins with political organizing onstage and off.
Theatres in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Connecticut are variously going local and virtual, and reflecting deeply on their role in a changed future.
Theatres in Nebraska, Minnesota, and Missouri work to adapt to the new reality and plan for the next chapter.
Theatres in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho keep the theatre faith, and many or most employees, in hopes of a full return.
Theatres in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina focus on how they can best serve their communities when they can't do it from their stages.
Theatres in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana face budget shortfalls, existential questions, and a new sense of purpose.
As the pandemic rages through Arizona, Texas, and Oklahoma, theatres adjust their models and make new commitments, while one New Mexico theatre goes under.
Theatres in California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington know they can't go back to normal, and increasingly they're seeing they wouldn't want to anyway.
Studies, including one from Shugoll Research on D.C.-area theatregoers, see a decline from already low numbers, with the comfort zone stretching to spring 2021.
The fifth cohort of TCG's Rising Leaders of Color encompass all areas of theatre practice, from producing to development to casting to writing.
The California company's 20th anniversary season will resume in July of 2021.
The Maryland company is offering contactless pick-up service of food and beverages from its local bar and café vendors.
To support this transition, the organization has also promoted Katherine Harroff and Jesse Perez.
From festival readings to benefit cabarets, on-demand stage captures to immersive soundscapes, there's no shortage of at-home theatre.
The virtual workshop will teach 26 NYC educators about directing in the classsroom.
The New Mexico company, hit by the cancellation of its international-focused Revolutions Festival, will close down to retire debt and reevaluate.
The group, with founding members including Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, and Billy Porter, unites Black voices for social change.
The organization will support anti-racism through eight areas of community and educational programming.
Young theatre artists will participate in a week-long professional program and collaborate on 24-hour projects.
The Chicago theatre will begin its season in February 2021 and move a planned world premiere to the 2021-22 season.
The Idaho new-play development conference, usually an intense, immersive small-town experience, went virtual this year but kept its spirit intact.
The free online workshop, open to non-Scouts, will feature music and choreography from 'Frozen,' 'Aladdin!' and 'The Lion King.'
A special edition of the 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues series will benefit Arizona Theatre Company.
The director rounds out a stellar season with a radio rendering of a play salvaged from the Public Theater's canceled Shakespeare in the Park season.
