Jonathan Berry Named Artistic Director of Penobscot Theatre
A Chicago-bred director, producer, and teacher, Berry will join Penobscot executive director Jen Shepard to lead the company’s 49th season.
Category Archives: New England
Coverage of theatre in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
5 Theatre Projects Receive NEFA Grants
New England theatremakers Aaron Jafferis, Articine, Bess Welden, Sam Plattus, and creative team Gail Burton and Josie Bray have been awarded grants to support their work.
Kate Liberman Leaves Hudson Valley Shakes for Trinity Rep
The longtime arts leader will leave the New York company for a role at Rhode Island’s largest arts organization.
Kirsten Greenidge, Close to Home
For 2 new plays at the Huntington, the ‘Luck of the Irish’ playwright draws on her family dynamics and Boston roots, respectively.
Lyric First Page Fest Seeks Grade-School Playwrights
The second annual youth playwriting festival, currently accepting short play submissions from students in grades 3-12, aims to bring theatre education into Boston area classrooms.
Offscript: Eliana Pipes’s 3-Theatre ‘Dream Hou$e’
The editors speak to the playwright of ‘Dream Hou$e,’ a new play about gentrification, sisterhood, and reality TV, now onstage at Long Wharf Theatre.
How Universes Solves a Problem Like ‘Maria’
The theatremaking couple, recently thrown into an unexpected controversy over their purported sequel to ‘West Side Story,’ are living out their own tale of cross-cultural exchange.
Kelvin Dinkins Jr. Named ART Executive Director
He will leave his post as general manager at Yale Rep to co-lead ART with artistic director Diane Paulus starting in June.
Long Wharf’s New Home: New Haven
After 57 years in one place, the influential theatre will become itinerant to better serve its community, though a theatre ‘hub’ anchoring its many partnerships may be in its future.
Loretta Greco Named Artistic Director of Huntington Theatre
The former leader of San Francisco’s Magic Theatre and of NYC’s Women’s Project, she will take the helm of the Boston theatre in July, filling a vacancy left by Peter DuBois’s resignation.
