Austin Playhouse Founder Don Toner to Step Down After 22 Years
Toner, a 60-year veteran of regional theatre from New Jersey to L.A. to Mississippi, will continue to direct projects and raise money for the Texas theatre.
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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.
AAPAC, Indie Theatre Fund Offers Travel Grants for NYC AAPI Artists
Amid a rise in anti-Asian hate incidents, the new fund will subsidize transportation for Asian American performers who don’t feel safe riding mass transit.
Offscript: Mei Ann Teo Finds Strength in the Collective
On this episode the editors talk to the director of the drama ‘7 Minutes’ about labor, management, and new-play development .
Lewis Merkin: A Guiding Light of the Deaf Theatre
The original Orin Dennis from ‘Children of Lesser God,’ the self-starting Merkin had a rich career as a Deaf theatre innovator, mentor, and raconteur.
Lisa L. Patterson Named TCG Director of Individual Giving
A seasoned fundraiser, she is tasked with activating and growing TCG’s major gifts and planned giving.
Detroit Public, Harlem9 Bring Back 48-Hour Play Fest
6 new short plays with an Afrofuturist focus will be created by native Detroit artists over the span of 48 hours and performed live on Sunday, March 27.
From Newark to New Orleans: Richard Schechner’s Backstory
The experimental theatremaker and scholar looks back at the Civil Rights era, the Free Southern Theater, and the time he directed August Wilson in Johannesburg.
Philly Theatre Week Returns
The 5th annual festival will run April 1-10 and will feature a lineup of 85 shows and events from 64 organizations.
Cleveland Play House A.D. Laura Kepley to Step Down
She’ll leave in June after 9 years in the top spot, and a dozen years with the theatre.
