Artists Rep Names Lava Alapai Associate Artistic Director
Alapai will take part in a year-long leadership residency program.
Category Archives: West
Head out West with coverage of theatres in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
Bay Area’s PianoFight to Close After 15 Years
The San Francisco and Oakland locations will both close March 18.
Claude Jackson Jr.’s ‘Cashed Out’ Bets On Native Stories
In his Bay Area premiere, this public defender/playwright engages with the complicated history of Indian gaming by putting Indigenous women’s voices at the forefront.
Oregon Shakes Restructures, Scales Back With Eye to Future
Managing director David Schmitz will depart, with artistic director Nataki Garrett taking the role of interim executive artistic director and Anyania Muse chief operating officer.
Mina Morita to Receive Mid-Career Director Grant from TheFrontOffice
The $25,000 grant aims to recognize a deserving artist and keep a spotlight on the field’s gender inequity.
Sheldon Epps: Making the Case for Diversity in All Directions
The longtime artistic director of Pasadena Playhouse talks about his new book, which recounts a career of both achievements and arguments over the shape (and shade) of the American theatre.
Making My Playhouse Great
In this excerpt from his new book about running the Pasadena Playhouse for 2 decades, Epps arrives at the intersection of its history and his.
Shermona Mitchell Named Sound Theatre Co-Artistic Director
Mitchell will serve alongside founding artistic director Teresa Thuman.
The ‘Little Theatre’ and Big Personality That Made Justin Tanner a Playwright
Through much of the 1990s, Diana Gibson’s Cast Theatre in Hollywood was Tanner’s personal playhouse, but a new play peeks backstage at the hidden costs of that odd arrangement.
Josefina López: The Arts Can’t Be Left to the Privileged
The ‘Real Women Have Curves’ playwright talks about ‘Remembering Boyle Heights,’ a new ensemble-devised play collecting the stories of her L.A. community.
