2023 Black Choreographers Festival Runs This Month
The festival will present BCF @ CSUEB at the Cal State East Bay University Theater on Feb. 11 and New Voices/New Works at Dance Mission Theater on Feb. 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m.
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Clarence Coo Wins Williamstown’s L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award
The award comes with a $10,000 prize and an accompanying $10,000 Jay Harris Commission for a new play, to be read at the festival this summer.
Remembering Robert E. Somerfeld
Known for his absurdist one-act plays,’ Somerfeld was also an accomplished copywriter and screenwriter.
Hayley Finn Named Theater J Artistic Director
The former Playwrights’ Center associate A.D. will join managing director David Lloyd Olson on the leadership team as of Feb 1.
A Meeting of the Mimes (and Clowns)
In this excerpt from a new book by the founder of Movement Theatre International, the author reflects on the crucial 1988 gathering in Philadelphia.
6 Artists Named 2023 USA Fellows for Theatre & Performance
The fellowship comes with an unrestricted $50,000 cash award, accompanied by a year of financial planning and additional artist services.
Peter Rothstein Will Leave Theater Latté Da to Lead Asolo Rep
After 25 years in Minneapolis at a theatre he co-founded, Rothstein will succeed longtime artistic director Michael Donald Edwards at Asolo.
Claude Jackson Jr.’s ‘Cashed Out’ Bets On Native Stories
In his Bay Area premiere, this public defender/playwright engages with the complicated history of Indian gaming by putting Indigenous women’s voices at the forefront.
How to Design a More Just Theatre Field
The symposium ‘Sound & Color: The Future of Race in Design’ invited young designers of color to imagine a future that is only just beginning.
Ping Chong and Company Names New Leadership Team
Nile Harris and Talvin Wilks will join the artistic leadership team following the recent retirements of founder and artistic director Ping Chong and longtime executive director Bruce Allardice.
