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Bensussen will retain her role as artistic director at Hartford Stage.
With Under the Radar bouncing back and Prototype and Exponential still going strong, it was challenging, surprising festival season all over again.
Two actors about to take big swings on stages in Chicago and St. Paul, Minn., respectively.
Schulfer leaves after 50 momentous years with the company, to be replaced at the start of the next season by the company's current managing director/COO.
The producing artistic director will remain on staff until a new artistic director is hired.
When the city of Chicago needed the Park District building where the company had performed for a decade, this Edgewater theatre used the opportunity to expand its footprint.
The former artistic director left his post in 2020.
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
This enduring mother-daughter story about undocumented Latina immigrants has been turned into a celebratory crowd pleaser, for better and worse.
In Rio and elsewhere, theatre often spills into the streets, as part of an ongoing effort to expand access and expression across the nation's socioeconomic and political divides.
An influential funding officer, educator, and thinker, she nurtured, inspired, and gathered countless kindred spirits, in part by taking the trouble to see and understand their work.
4 performers who've sung the role at regional theatres reflect on what they've taken away from playing 'The Color Purple's resilient protagonist.
The theatre also named Krista Matthews their new director of development.
Cleveland Public Theatre, Company One, Crowded Fire Theater, Mosaic Theater, and Perseverance Theatre have joined in an innovation-sharing, change-making collective.
The legendary Broadway and Hollywood director mounted some of his final production at a Nebraska dinner theatre more than 40 years ago.
On this episode, the playwright and director-choreographer team discuss their new 'Illinoise' musical, and New Yorker critic Helen Shaw surveys the theatre festival lineup.
The writer of 'Jaja's African Hair Braiding' talks about her process, her curiosity about characters, and her play's heartening success.
A roundup of prizes, residencies, and other recognition from the week of Jan. 7.
A roundup of new opportunities for writers, including young ones.
She'll step down from the disability-focused arts organization and will be succeeded by Joseph Price, who will take on the role of executive director.
Byrd will become the first Black trans woman to lead a regional theatre company in the United States.
The organization has surpassed its fundraising goal and will be able to hire some new staff.
He will leave the helm the Alabama Shakespeare Festival to succeed longtime CTC leader Peter Brosius at the end of this season.
In 'La Broa' at Trinity Rep, based on oral histories from Rhode Island's Latin community,playwright Orlando Hernández is thinking locally and bilingually.
After a career focused on breaking down barriers to access, Gaur is at the helm of an organization uniquely positioned to move that work forward.
