Erika Dickerson-Despenza Wins 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Her play ‘cullud wattah’ is honored, with Kimber Lee’s ‘The Water Palace’ and Ife Olujobi’s ‘Jordans’ also specially commended.
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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Announces New Works Festival Lineup
The online festival will feature readings from plays and musicals, as well as talks with writers.
Ma-Yi Theater Company Announces $5,000 Micro-Grant Program
The grant program will benefit ten BIPOC, trans, and disabled artists.
Kenneth Rainin Foundation Announces $100,000 Rainin Fellowship
The inaugural fellows include Amara Tabor-Smith, Margo Hall, Rodrigo Reyes, and the People’s Kitchen Collective.
National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures Names 2021 Advocacy Fellows
The 2021 cohort includes multiple artists working in theatre, dance, and music.
Geva Theatre Center Announces Tenacious Women Commissions
Geva has commissioned 29 writers to pen works about historical women of Rochester.
Yussef El Guindi Awarded 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Award
Yussef El Guindi’s play ‘Refugee Rhapsody’ will receive a staged reading as part of the virtual 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Festival.
Woolly Mammoth Announces Inaugural Miranda Family Fellows
Autumn J. Mitchell, Jeremy Pesigan, and Citlali Pizarro will work in the Production, New Work, and Connectivity departments, respectively.
Nathan Alan Davis, Michael R. Jackson Among 2021 Windham-Campbell Prize Honorees
The annual award honors English-language writers from all over the world who are at any stage of their careers.
PlayMakers Repertory Company Announces @PLAY Commissions
Bekah Brunstetter and Charly Evon Simpson will develop new works for the first @PLAY series.