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AT's new Chicago editors check in on happenings at theatres large and small: openings, closings, notable folks, and assorted chisme.
The fellowship comes with a $35,000 living stipend, a $5,000 artistic fund, mentorship with a chosen mentor playwright, workshops, readings, and more.
2 trans actors discuss what they've found in the role of 'Twelfth Night's sad clown, in productions at St. Louis Shakespeare Festival and the Old Globe.
This year's competition focused on artists from Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian cultures.
Both will receive $10,000 throughout the one-year Project YZ program.
The longtime artistic director will step down in June 2024.
This month Woodzick talks to the queer and trans performer about reviving '1776,' developing a nonbinary rom-com musical, and honoring their trans experience onstage.
Andrew Leynse, the late artistic director of Primary Stages, was posthumously inducted into the Off Broadway Hall of Fame.
With her playwriting debut, the Steppenwolf ensemble member explores what happens after most stories end.
Brian talks to the NYC-based theatremaker about the intersection of writing and directing, what his family thinks of his plays, and differences between the U.S. and his native Canada.
With a personnel directory and other initiatives, RISE aims to increase the employment of women, people of color, and others from underrepresented backgrounds.
6 recipients will be able to shadow or observe directors and choreographers on professional productions.
Love-Ramos comes to the California company after serving in the same position at Orlando Shakespeare Theater.
The theatre's liquidation plan comes after attempts to recover from a leadership scandal, financial stress, staff shortages, and diminished audiences.
Getting audiences to return isn't the only post-COVID challenge theatres are facing.
From board liaisons and theatre administrators to performers and activists, these 6 folks have brought their talent to Chicago's stages.
The theatre's current interim leaders will now form a partnership---an alliance, if you will---to jointly run Atlanta's flagship theatre.
In a new solo show, the seasoned actor wrestles with an unassuming president's legacy, and with the stark disparities between his version of Republican politics and today's GOP.
Performance apprentices gain experience onstage while participating in educational workshops and engaging with other departments to foster their professional development.
The Mayor Sokhary Chau Playwriting Fellowship is named for the mayor of Lowell, the first Khmer mayor in the country.
This year's honorees include John M. Atherlay, Gwen Gilliam, Brett Finley, Elynmarie Kazle, Robert J. Bruyr, and Broadway & Beyond: Access for Stage Managers of Color.
Its fresh contemporary takes on Shakespeare, the Greeks, and others have become a staple of NYC's summer season, but the company has bigger plans.
The poet, playwright, and screenwriter will succeed Tarell Alvin McCraney in the position, leading the program alongside co-chair Anne Erbe.
With audiences and donations down by at least 20 percent, theatre leaders say the move was "unavoidable."
The co-founder of Show-Score, Gaur, who has a background in nonprofit arts administration, will succeed Victoria Bailey in August.
