Actors’ Equity Foundation Announces Derwent and Seff Honorees
Phillipa Soo, Josh Grisetti, Julie Halston and Brad Oscar will receive this year’s Actors’ Equity citations.
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Phillipa Soo, Josh Grisetti, Julie Halston and Brad Oscar will receive this year’s Actors’ Equity citations.
The slate also includes new work by Lucas Hnath and Sibyl Kempson, with Elevator Repair Service.
Twelve newcomers will be awarded for their debut performances on Broadway and Off-Broadway.
Sixteen finalists from high schools all over the country gathered in New York to deliver, and connect with, the late playwright’s words.
The theatre’s 41st seasons will include five area premieres and a world premiere from Keith Reddin.
Guirgis’s Pulitzer winner took the play prize, while Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’ was named best musical.
Program includes a retreat in upstate New York and an award to a female playwright from the Great Plains Theatre Conference.
Autism-related theatre for youth has its own spectrum, from work created for autistic kids to pieces devised with their input.
Hounded from their home country but staying together via Skype, Minsk’s toughest troupe is back in New York with another harrowing but mesmerizing piece.
The seasoned bicoastal theatremaker agrees in principle with Equity’s goals, but not its expectations or its tactics.