No Humana Fest This Year, as ATL Reimagines New-Work Model
Actors Theatre of Louisville has cancelled this year’s new-play fest to pivot to other means of supporting and lifting playwrights’ work.
Category Archives: South Central
Stories from the South, in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
A Second Chance for ‘Coal Country’
The show felt very special in 2020, but it means even more now, colored by the loss of the past 2 years.
What’s Gender Got to Do With Acting Awards?
Why the Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards are beginning to eliminate gendered acting awards, in recognition of a generational shift and an increase in LGBTQIA+ representation.
Deneen Reynolds-Knott Wins College Collaboration Commission
Reynolds-Knott will develop a new play with Oklahoma City University, Centre College in Kentucky, and Furman University in South Carolina.
The Jim O’Quinn Memorial: Light, Shadow, Song
Lovers, friends, and colleagues gathered in New Orleans to celebrate the founding editor’s open mind, questing spirit, and the delights he shared with the world.
Roadside Theater Completes Leadership Transition
Tommy Anderson and Tucker Leighty-Phillips join Becca Finney and Tiffany Turner to round out the company’s first full turnover at the top.
The NOLA Project Names New Co-Artistic Director Brittany N. Williams
Ensemble member Brittany N. Williams will step up to the new role for the company.
TheatreSquared Names Joy Harjo 2021 Artist in Residence
The U.S. poet laureate joins the TheatreSquared team to create a new musical about the Native influence on American jazz.
Theatre Where It Mattered: Dr. Doris Derby Remembers Mississippi
A co-founder of Free Southern Theater reflects on forming the theatrical arm of the Civil Rights Movement.
Theatre Without Walls: Free Southern Theater and New Heritage Theatre Group
One theatre staged shows on the front lines of the Civil Rights struggle in the South, while the other made a home for Black excellence in New York City.
