TheatreWorks Silicon Valley to Receive 2019 Regional Tony Award
The California company will be recognized for its 50 years of programming.
Awards
NALAC Fund for the Arts Announces 2019 Grantees
National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures has awarded 43 grants to Latinx artists and arts organizations to develop new works.
TYA/USA Announces 2019 National Award Recipients
The honors, for excellence in theatre for young audiences, will go to Stan Foote, Rosemary Newcott, Chicago Children’s Theatre, and Courtney J. Boddie.
American Shakespeare Center Introduces the Bard’s New Contemporaries
Playwrights Anchuli Felicia King and Emma Whipday’s works, inspired by ‘Othello’ and ‘Cymbeline,’ respectively, will be produced.
Jackie Sibblies Drury Wins 2019 Drama Pulitzer for ‘Fairview’
Finalists were ‘Dance Nation’ by Clare Barron and ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ by Heidi Schreck.
MTC Announces 8 New Recipients of Sloan Commissions
The selected playwrights have been commissioned to write plays about science.
TCG Announces Willa Kim Design Scholarship
The scholarship will support emerging costume designers enrolled in a university or professional training program.
Great Plains Theatre Conference Announces 2019 PlayLab Playwrights
The annual conference will invite 20 playwrights to develop new works this summer.
Lauren Yee’s ‘Cambodian Rock Band’ Take Steinberg-ATCA Award
Also cited were Noah Haidle’s ‘Birthday Candles’ and Jen Silverman’s ‘Witch,’ with the Osborn Award going to Spenser Davis’s ‘Plainclothes.’
La Jolla Playhouse to Commission UCSD MFA Playwrights
The theatre will commission plays from graduates of University of California, San Diego’s playwriting program.