What Role Can Theatre Play in the Fight for Abortion Rights?
A play may not convince anyone but it can share information, hold a space for grief and complexity, de-stigmatize abortion, and rally troops demoralized by the fall of Roe.
Category Archives: Nationwide
Stories with a national scope.
Princess Grace Awards Announced, Including Theatre and Dance Honorees
Among this year’s awards are 6 for playwrights/theatre artists and 6 for dance artists, as well as scholarships for high school-age theatremakers and performers.
Denzel Washington to Speak at August Wilson House Opening
The actor, a champion of the late author’s work, will join Wilson’s widow, Constanza Romero, for remarks at the opening of his childhood home in the Hill District.
Theatre Latté Da’s Goal: 25 New Musicals by 2025
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The Twin Cities theatre, having commissioned 20 new musicals by 2020, lines up plans for a program called Next 25X25.
Barrington Stage Names Alan Paul to Be Its New Artistic Director
Currently associate artistic director at Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C., Paul will succeed Julianne Boyd, who has led Barrington Stage Company since its founding 27 years ago.
Know a Theatre: Amphibian Stage of Fort Worth, Texas
This small storefront theatre in a walkable cultural district puts its focus on new work and on its neighborhood.
O’Neill Conference: Long Days’ Journey Into a Legacy
Scholars and fans gathered in Boston last month to consider, and reconsider, the contemporary and global relevance of the great, tormented American dramatist.
Dramaturgy Breaks Out: LMDA 2022 in Philly, in Pictures
Over 3 days in Philly, dramaturgs and others who use dramaturgy in their work met to share best practices and new definitions.
Robert Hooks: Always About the Ensemble
The pioneering co-founder of Negro Ensemble Company looks back on an acting and producing career that was never just about himself.
The Red Stuff: A Guide to Letting It Bleed Onstage
Jennifer McClure’s new book provides a prop master’s guide to blood effects, from design to clean-up and every sanguinary step in between.
