Greg Reiner Named Managing Director of Barrington Stage
Reiner joins the company after 10 years as the NEA’s director of theatre and musical theatre.
Category Archives: New England
Coverage of theatre in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
New Nantucket Performing Arts Center Launches With Theatre
The new year-round cultural hub will be home to ACK Theatre Company, while welcoming other cultural organizations, festivals, and artistic endeavors to Nantucket.
The Theater Offensive Launches Queer [Re]Public Festival
The inaugural four-day festival (running June 26-29) will showcase queer creators of color in dance, theatre, and collaborative artmaking.
A Truck Full of Props and Asian Joy
Gaven D. Trinidad’s ‘Learning to Read by Moonlight’ is being produced by 2 companies and staged at 3 different Boston locations, giving its themes of immigrant belonging a wide and hyper-local reach.
Maurice Emmanuel Parent Named Front Porch Artistic Director
With the departure of co-founder Dawn Simmons, Parent assumes sole leadership on July 1, while education director Pascale Florestal steps up to be the associate artistic director.
‘Utopian Hotline’ Calling: Do You Have an Answer?
Theater Mitu’s investigation into a better world proves an unexpectedly perfect fit beneath a Boston planetarium’s dome.
Conflict and Community in ‘Someone Will Remember Us’
In a devised docu-theatre play earlier this year, Trinity Rep revisited a disastrous war—and a previous show—from all sides of the front line.
Just Sow Story: ‘The Vermont Farm Project’
Behind the scenes of a new interview-seeded ‘farm-to-stage’ musical at Northern Stage.
Hope Collides With Change in ‘Mother Russia’
As in ‘Cambodian Rock Band’ and ‘The Great Leap,’ Lauren Yee’s new play at Seattle Rep mashes up communism and pop culture, in a mix that resonates beyond its historic setting.
Artistic Director Jonathan Berry Steps Down From Penobscot Theatre
Starting his tenure in 2022, he was instrumental in rebuilding audiences and expanding programming.
