Brian Kite Named New Chair of UCLA Department of Theater
Kite assumes his new position after a seven-year tenure as producing artistic director of La Mirada Theatre Company.
Category Archives: Nationwide
Stories with a national scope.
Onstage this Week: Sept 21–27
This week’s roundup includes classic musicals and contemporary plays, with Bruce Graham and Shakespeare well represented.
A Film Critic in Love in ‘The Black White Love Play’
A new show at Black Ensemble Theater sets Chaz and Roger Ebert’s storied romance to music.
New England Foundation for the Arts Receives Doris Duke Grant
NEFA will continue its efforts to bridge the gap between the military and their communities through the arts.
Chicago Dramatists Announces 2015-’16 Season of New Works
The slate includes plays by Scott Woldman and Dana Lynn Formby, and a guest production of a Nambi E. Kelley play by Pegasus Theatre.
We Are Part of the Problem—and of the Solution
Year after year, our national season preview survey shows a 4-to-1 ratio of male to female playwrights. What can we do about it?
The Unsung Gender-Parity Warriors
Theatres that continue to program male-dominated seasons deserve scrutiny. But what about the many companies that are trying to get the balance right?
82 Theatre Companies With Playwriting Parity (and Better)
These organizations have made programming a preponderance of female playwrights a priority.
What Lies Beneath: The Truth About Unconscious Bias
Do men write better plays than women? We think we know that’s not true. So why does the disparity persist?
California Shakespeare Theater Announces 2016 Season
Two works from the Bard round off productions of Wilson and Shaw.
