This Month in Theatre History
December brought the premieres of a powerful Pulitzer-winning drama, a Yiddish play by a prolific Jewish playwright, and a docudrama about a flashpoint in U.S. history.
Kristina Wong Receives First Joan D. Firestone Commission
A Pulitzer finalist for ‘Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord,’ she will create a new work about food insecurity as the first recipient of a new award from En Garde Arts.
Jasson Minadakis to Exit Marin Theatre Company
The artistic director has served 17 seasons and produced 88 shows at the Northern California theatre.
Theatrical Mustang: Migguel Anggelo’s Joy and Exhaustion
This month Woodzick talks with the singer-songwriter-dancer about his new show and album ‘English With an Accent,’ an allegory about immigration and transformation.
Rage, Fear, and Dreams in ‘Becky Nurse of Salem’
Writer Sarah Ruhl and director Rebecca Taichman talk about how they’re crafting ‘Becky Nurse of Salem,’ a new play about witches and women’s power.
Michael Feingold: A Life in Review
In his lifelong affair with the theatre, he could be a possessive, even jealous lover, but both his intellectual acuity and his abundant humanity shone through all his writing.
TYA BIPOC Superhero Project to Commission New Work From 20 Writers
A new program from TYA/USA, which partners its writers with 24 major TYA theatres, is billed as the largest such effort ever undertaken in the field.
How Megan Terry and Jo Ann Schmidman Made Magic in Omaha
How 2 veterans of New York’s 1960s-’70s avant-garde theatre made edgy, alternative theatre in a conservative state, and what enduring lessons their example may hold out for others.
Estelle Parsons: At All Her Life’s Stages, An Independent Woman
Though celebrating her 95th birthday as well as the Actors Studio’s 75th, the acclaimed but still busy actor isn’t about to rest on her laurels.
La Jolla Playhouse Announces DNA New Works Series
The annual new-play series, featuring plays by Keith Bunin, Idris Goodwin, Noelle Viñas, and Lia Romeo, runs Dec. 1-12.
