Great Plains Theatre Conference: A Homecoming of the Mind
One week each year, a Nebraska campus becomes a hub for playwrights to rekindle camaraderie and dreams—oh, and present some fierce new work.
Category Archives: Plains
Dispatches from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Mildred’s Umbrella Announces 2015–16 Season
The season’s roster includes works (mostly) by, for and about women.
Mixed Blood Puts Money Behind a Body of Disability Work
The theatre’s Disability Visibility Project aims to encourage more productions from a growing theatrical literature, and more work for disabled artists.
‘Black and Blue’ Brings the Ferguson Moment Back Home
Ten months after the killing of Michael Brown, playwright Lee Patton Chiles conjures voices from the struggle on a nearby stage.
Playwrights’ Center Announces Many Voices Fellows
Cristina Castro and James Tyler will each receive the $14,000 fellowship for early-career writers of color.
Savage Umbrella Announces 2015–16 Season of Devised Work
The new season will tackle themes of existentialism, fear and science fiction.
Rick Shiomi Wins McKnight Foundation’s Distinguished Artist Award
The playwright/director has won the $50,000 prize for his contribution to the arts in Minnesota.
Mixed Blood Announces 40th Season of Special Events, Two of Them Plays
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s ‘Octoroon’ and Kristoffer Diaz’s ‘The Upstairs Concierge’ bookend celebrations of the theatre’s neighborhood and of the Latino theatre movement.
Can You Build a New Theatre Space Without Changing Course?
The Blue Barn Theatre has found a way to create a new home that’s both financially responsible and aesthetically appropriate.
New ‘Wild Dreamer’ Retreat and Award to Recognize Female Playwrights
Program includes a retreat in upstate New York and an award to a female playwright from the Great Plains Theatre Conference.
