2023 TYA/USA Festival & Conference Headed for Arizona
Slated for May, this year’s gathering will feature performances, speeches, training, networking, and more.
Category Archives: South West
Dispatches from Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Roe Is Dead in Texas, But ‘Roe’ Lives in 2 New Stagings There
Lisa Loomer’s play about the historic decision arrives at 2 theatres in a state that’s once again on the front lines of the reproductive rights battle.
Matt August Named Arizona Theatre Company Artistic Director
A season director and educator with Broadway and regional credits, he comes to ATC from Utah Valley University.
Can-Do Spirit and Life Skills: Carnegie Mellon Visits a Houston Magnet School
The drama program at Houston’s Carver School, led by Roshunda Jones-Koumba, recently enjoyed an inspiring, forward-looking master class with CMU faculty.
Kristina Wong Receives First Joan D. Firestone Commission
A Pulitzer finalist for ‘Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord,’ she will create a new work about food insecurity as the first recipient of a new award from En Garde Arts.
La Jolla Playhouse Announces DNA New Works Series
The annual new-play series, featuring plays by Keith Bunin, Idris Goodwin, Noelle Viñas, and Lia Romeo, runs Dec. 1-12.
Christina Anderson Named 2022 Recipient of Annual Horton Foote Prize
Anderson will receive the $50,000 award for her play ‘the ripple, the wave that carried me home’ at an event on Oct. 24.
Arizona’s Stray Cat Asks: Can We Be the Change We Want to See?
How a small theatre in Phoenix, now embarking on an all-BIPOC season, is challenging its local colleagues to do better.
Anna Skidis Vargas Is New Artistic Director of Mary Moody Northen Theatre
A director and performer with extensive previous experience at the theatre at St. Edward’s University in Austin, she will take the reins from interim AD Robert Tolaro.
ZACH Theatre Selects Jamie Herlich Mclalwain as New Managing Director
The former director of development and chief advancement officer of Seattle Repertory Theatre will guide the next phase in ZACH’s development.
