Jennifer Bielstein Named Managing Director of Alley Theatre
A seasoned regional theatre leader who currently serves as managing director of San Francisco’s ACT, Bielstein is at last taking a leadership role in her home state.
Category Archives: South West
Dispatches from Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Know a Theatre: Childsplay of Tempe, Arizona
The Southwest’s TYA mainstay has been stirring kids’ imaginations, and taking their shows on the road in their region and nationally, for nearly 5 decades.
Dallas Children’s Theater to Restructure and Reduce Programming
In a change addressing significant financial challenges for the small nonprofit, DCT will scale back productions and pause its education program.
Dallas Children’s Theater Names Emily Ernst Artistic Director
She succeeds Nancy Schaeffer in the role.
Memory Care in Noga Flaishon’s ‘Memoriam’
In this world premiere at Houston’s Main Street Theater, people can rent and fully experience the memories of others.
How the 2 Sides of Lisa D’Amour Are Fused in ‘Frozen Section’
Her new play at the Catastrophic Theatre draws on both the experimental sensibility of PearlDamour and on the unsettled naturalism of ‘Detroit.’
Feud for Thought: How I Made a Play Out of a Family Drama
A leading documentary theatre creator recounts her beginnings in the practice, which began close to home—literally.
Exec Producer Bobb Cooper to Retire from Valley Youth Theatre
After nearly 3 decades of leadership, he’ll pass the torch to Leigh Ann Dolan.
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Kalita?
What the tangled history of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas can teach us about the stages of tomorrow.
The Undiscovered Country
Born in Covid lockdown, The Exodus Ensemble is shaking the New Mexico desert with immersive work, including their new ‘HAMLET.’
