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Back in August after a pandemic hiatus, the biennial gathering of Black theatremakers reclaimed its status as both a reunion and a showcase for new work.
This month Brian talks to the busy writer-director about his background, the supportiveness of Chicago's theatre scene, and his penchant for large-cast plays.
Joined for the Rolex Arts Mentorship program, these 2 directors have a lot of common interests: interrogating Shakespeare, staging music, and welcoming new audiences.
The annual award recognizes an outstanding emerging playwright with a $2,000 honorarium and a public reading of their play.
Director Clinton Turner Davis remembers Charles Fuller, the playwright known for 'A Soldier's Play,' which earned the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2020 Tony Award for Best Revival o…
The 2 leaders will leave the influential Off-Broadway theatre after 15 and 8 years, respectively, but not before planning the company's next 2 seasons.
A Washington state native who advanced from intern to Seattle Rep's leader over 2 decades, he will lead a prestigious Chicago theatre almost half the size of the Rep.
Preston will be succeeded by Megan E. Carter, who will carry out her role the final two months of producing activity for the 30-year-old company.
The grant will allocate $20,000 to selected playwrights and an additional $20,000 to theatres that have agreed to produce the plays.
The festival will feature works by Jonathon Larson Grant Winners Danny Haengil Larsen and Michelle Elliot, Obie award-winning playwright Christopher Chen, and Kleban award-winning playwright…
With 3 world premieres and a Broadway revival of her hit play 'Topdog/Underdog,' the prolific writer keeps singing her song in a variety of keys.
Bateman will step down after a nine-year tenure, handing over the reins to interim managing director, Maryellen Gleason, while the theatre conducts a national search for his successor.
The writer-performer of 'Tearsheets' and 'Elements of Flesh' left behind a career in TV and film after surviving a brain tumor, turning her focus and activism to the stage.
Theatre critic for the Los Angeles Times for 22 years, and longtime leader of the O'Neill Critics Institute, Sullivan was an old school newspaperman and a tireless teacher of the craft.
The former associate artistic director of the Old Globe Theatre will succeed outgoing artistic director John Dias in the role.
The paid internship program will provide students of color with opportunities to gain experience in directing, acting, playwriting, design, and stage management.
In excerpts from their new book, Anthony S. Rhine and Jay Pension answer important questions about audience engagement practices in nonprofit arts.
The emerging talent trades in Covent Garden for Northern Ireland with a turn in 'A Man of No Importance' and reflects on a few stepping stones in community theatre along the way.
The award will recognize a mid-career theatre artist engaged in social change through the arts with an unrestricted $18,000 prize.
After seven seasons, Kramer will be succeeded by Tara Franklin and James Barry as co-producing artistic directors.
After joining the organization in 2021, Laisure became the first woman and person of color to hold the managing director position in CPH's 107-year history.
Playwright Jonathan Alexandratos reflects on the plethora of joys, pains, ownerships, references, anxieties, comforts, languages, forms, and more to be found in non-binary plays.
This year's honorees include costume designers Fred Voelpel and Dede Ayite, scenic designer Eugene Lee, and visual artist Michael Curry.
From a Conan Doyle-inspired inquiry to an Emmett Till trilogy, from a Baroque opera to an Alaskan Tlingit journey, here are some shows I'd put on my hypothetical theatre calendar.
October recalls the extraordinary career of a 19th-century performer, the founding of both an Indianapolis institution and a West Coast bilingual theatre project, as well as the premieres of…
