489 stories from Stage Directions
Priority entrance times can be reserved now New owners Thomas Kail and Lin-Manuel Miranda are excited to announce the eagerly-awaited return of The Drama Book Shop, which will reopen to the …
The Lunch Room is American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University's weekly virtual talk show with the artists, activists, and civic leaders who are shaping our culture and communit…
Ultratec Special Effects announces the launch of their most adaptable fan to date, the TwisterX Fan. Its powder coated steel chassis with reinforced frame provides a ruggedness for theater, …
After conducting a thorough national search, the Alliance Theatre is pleased to announce that Lawrence Bennett has been chosen as the new Director of Production for the Alliance Theatre, beg…
The Michael Merritt Award, a national award unique in its emphasis on excellence in both design and collaboration, is presented annually to professional theatrical designers. This years' Mic…
Are you ready for Virtual Showlight? It's coming up on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. EDT. Don't miss this opportunity to hear industry leading lighting designers talk ab…
On May 5, ANSI's Board of Standards Review approved two ESTA documents as American National Standards. The following day ANSI's BSR approved four more. All six are now published and availabl…
The Wake Forest University Department of Theatre & Dance in Winston-Salem, NC will host an international theatre design competition called aWAKEn, which invites performance designers fro…
Following a comprehensive national search, Howard University today proudly announces the appointment of Phylicia Rashad as dean of the recently reestablished College of Fine Arts, effective …
When one works long enough in prop and costume crafts, you get to a point where you just start seeing the same mistakes over and over. This happens a lot with puppet heads and masks. One won…
There is some sage advice, including "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," and "Don't reinvent the wheel." But those two phrases go against our philosophy of theater tech. Instead we delv…
Denise J. Grillo, who has over 20 years serving as production props for Broadway productions, recently partnered with Ian Grunes to open a new prop rental house, Everything Props in Harrison…
This essay was originally published on HowlRound Theatre Commons (https://bit.ly/SDGrayEssay ) on April 12, 2021. As a Black performing arts educator and actress who has performed many theat…
 Andrea Kovich is a Seattle-based freelance dramaturg and writer. She self-identifies as a disabled artist and is passionate about collaborating with historically marginalized voices to …
Thornton Wilder's Our Town, a seemingly ubiquitous play since its 1938 debut, is the very worthy, and surprisingly long overdue, subject of Howard Sherman's recently released book, Another D…
Furthering its commitment to training the next generation of arts leaders, the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre will begin accepting applications on Monday, June 21 from emerging administrator…
DMXGAFF, a Doug Fleenor Design exclusive, brings this useful tape product into the 21st century. Now, with digital multiplex control, Gaff tape can be used for so much more than removing lin…
Concluding its fifth year as a Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) sponsor, Vectorworks, Inc. announces the winners of this year's regional awards. KCACTF held eight…
In this month's The Society of Properties Artisan Managers' S*P*A*Minar, they're welcoming Eimer Murphy all the way from Dublin. This will take place on Sunday, May 16th at 2:00 p.m. EDT. *P…
ETC's new Network Station Power Supply makes it easy to add the stations and sensors necessary to satisfy design briefs and energy codes for today's architectural control systems. Part of ET…
The May Theater, also known as the Suita City Cultural Hall, in Osaka is a venerable performing center that has been on the Sound Engineers & Artists Society of Japan's list of the Top 1…
Woodie King, Jr., Founder and Producing Director of New Federal Theatre (NFT), will retire from leadership of the famed theater company on June 30, 2021, handing the baton to NFT's newly app…
Integrators continue to push the limits of video projection with installations that require maximum projector placement flexibility. Epson's ultra-short-throw lenses have met this challenge …
Imaginary Labs takes the next leap in visualization with its highly anticipated update of Carbon for Unreal, the professional DMX toolkit and library for live and virtual events in Unreal En…
DPA Microphones announces the 4466 CORE Omnidirectional and 4488 CORE Directional Headset Microphones. Based on the design of the company's groundbreaking 6066 Subminiature Headsets, the new…