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10 New Plays Receive 2nd Round of 2024-25 Edgerton Awards

Totaling over $460,000, the awards fund extra time for the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team.

With major funders Duke and Mellon pulling out, the 35-year-old program, which awarded nearly $40 million to performing artists, is ending.

It’s tough out there for Downtown NYC theatres, but one East Village venue is raising money to take control of their destiny.

He will succeed producing artistic director Ginger Poole in January.

Opening on Jan. 23, 2025, the permanent office and studio spaces will be based in Midtown.

Beginning in summer 2025, Piedmont Shakespeare Company aims to fills the gap left by theatre closures in the region.

The festival includes new plays by E.J. Batiste, Lynne Streeter Childress, Gail Lou, and D.L. Patrick.

After finishing out CTC’s 2024-25 season, he’ll start as artistic director of Pittsburgh’s Alumni Theater Company.

A nonprofit pro who recently led the Network of Ensemble Theaters, she will join co-executive directors Emilya Cachapero and LaTeshia Ellerson.

Currently managing director of Lincoln Center Theater, Siegel will join his former LCT colleague Evan Cabnet at the helm of Second Stage next April.