Token Theatre Friends: Feminist ‘Peter Pan’ and ‘Robin Hood’
For the first time on the show, the Friends leave New York City, and travel to the Fisher Center at Bard College and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, with guests Erin Markey and Robyn Kerr. Conclusion: The Friends need to get out more.
Corrib Theatre Announces Another Season of New Irish Work
The Oregon theatre will produce works by Charlie O’Neill, Lisa Tierney-Keogh, and Sonya Kelly.
National New Play Network Announces 2018-19 Award Recipients
Among the honorees are Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, who was recognized for political theatre, as well as Collaboration Fund recipients and producers in residence.
New Victory’s LabWorks, Where New Work Gets a Chance to Grow
The TYA presenter, noting a dearth of U.S.-made work, has taken the initiative to nurture new shows and set them on their way, sometimes to its own stage.
New Pittsburgh Playhouse to Open in Fall 2018
After a $74-million capital campaign, the playhouse will open in Downtown Pittsburgh, and provide performance spaces for both professional and student productions.
Lineup Set for 2019 PROTOTYPE Festival of Opera Theatre
The festival of new work includes an immersive opera and a work about George Junius Stinney, Jr., the youngest person to be executed in America.
LMDA Announces 2017-18 Grant and Award Recipients
Magda Romanska received the Elliot Hayes Award and Kate Langsdorf the Dramaturgy Driven Grant.
Detroit Repertory Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season
The company’s 62nd season will feature two world premieres and two Midwest premieres.
The Subtext: Mike Lew
Brian James Polak interviews the author of ‘Teenage Dick’ about disabled representation onstage, and also about writing ‘structure-less joke-fests.’
Letters for July/August 2018
‘Our Town’ is not wasted on the young, and fatness onstage should be embraced in all its implications.