The Black List Makes a Play for the New-Play Space
By branching into theatre, the popular platform for film and TV scripts has given playwrights another venue. Is this what they asked for?
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By branching into theatre, the popular platform for film and TV scripts has given playwrights another venue. Is this what they asked for?
The new play ‘Trash’ is part of IRT Theatre’s efforts to make Deaf stories and artists a part of everyday theatrical storytelling and practice.
No, it’s not March 2020 all over again, but the latest COVID-19 variant has theatres struggling with some familiar dilemmas of safety and scheduling.
The pandemic brought deep-seated disparities to light, but has the theatre field really reckoned with them?
He’s grateful to be back in front of audiences, and also hopeful that a year-plus of down time has shown the field the true value of artists’ work.
Daniels will join the Folger in October, after leading the Public Theater’s Mobile Unit.
Kennedy will receive the award at the Guild’s annual awards ceremony.
Victoria Detres, Lawryn LaCroix, Bryan Joseph Lee, Sammy Lopez, and Danny Marin make up the first cohort.
The Storytelling Festival will be curated by PigPen Theatre Co., while the Dance Festival will be curated by Adoyele Casel and Torya Beard.
Together, Children’s Theatre Company, Latino Theater Company, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Native Voices at the Autry, and Penumbra Theatre will commission 16 new works for multigenerational audiences.