Schele Williams, the Directing Whiz Behind the New 'Wiz' and 'Aida'
This passionate director, once a performer in 'Aida,' returns at the helm of a revised production, as well as of 'The Wiz,' bound for Broadway and a new generation.
This passionate director, once a performer in 'Aida,' returns at the helm of a revised production, as well as of 'The Wiz,' bound for Broadway and a new generation.
3 theatre companies have energized South Asian, Chinese, and Latin American audiences by staging plays in their first languages.
Jones will succeed Martin Miller in the position.
Can theatre artists use the tools of Big Tech to dismantle its influence?
As it closes in on 50 years in Chicago, the theatre Taylor built is preparing for its next chapter in a legacy of producing, mentoring, and paying it forward.
Three of the four plays will have staged readings at Southern Oregon University in October.
10 community arts organizations will receive $100,000 in unrestricted funding.
This month, we check in with companies who are making impacts within their communities and artists receiving well-deserved attention.
A remembrance by his frequent collaborator and longtime friend.
Shipley succeeds former executive director LaNeshe Miller-White.
Producing a new play about the full-scale invasion written by a Ukranian playwright, Russian-born director Yury Urnov feels disheartened by the actions of his home country and hopeful for Uk…
Lucero succeeds founding artistic director Peter Rothstein, who left the company in June after 25 years.
This month Brian joins playwright Nancy Garcia Loza at Chicago's Understudy book shop to talk about writing, family, and holding on to memories.
Cheyenne Wyzzard-Jones, Victoria L. Awkward, and Annalise Guidry will participate in the 22-month residency that aims to support queer and trans artists of color.
This year's convening will feature a partnership with Swarthmore College and a keynote address from Nataki Garrett.
The newly-appointed artistic director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley makes the case for keeping communities close through storytelling onstage.
From professors to producers and dramaturgs to designers, here are six theatre workers from the DMV to know.
Whiteway has served the Richmond theatre community for 48 years.
Stanford will depart the organization after more than 30 years of service to young audiences in the DMV area and beyond.
The upcoming season was the first planned by artistic director Jeanette Harrison, who was appointed in 2022.
Two new books consider the possibilities and limits of documentary theatre in a polarized nation.
Two books come not to bury the Bard but to bring his writing down to the common ground we share.
Priscilla Gilman's memoir portrays her father, Richard Gilman, as a passionate, difficult figure who bequeathed her life lessons, many unwittingly.
Patti Hartigan's excellent new biography gives us a rich portrait of the playwright's life and art, and a measure of his significance.
A reporter and critic who knew Wilson nearly from the start of his playwriting peak, she wrote the biography she wanted to see.