Halcyon Theatre Slates Female-Focused 2016–17 Season
The Chicago theatre will feature works by María Irene Fornés, Marisela Treviño Orta, and Debbie Tucker Green.
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The Chicago theatre will feature works by María Irene Fornés, Marisela Treviño Orta, and Debbie Tucker Green.
The Theater Subdistrict Council has allocated $2 million in grants for theatre organizations who want to increase the diversity on administrative and creative staffs.
The Pulitzer-winning playwright will join Marsha Norman as co-director of the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program, succeeding Christopher Durang in the position.
Robert Falls’s 30th season as artistic director will include a ‘Wonderful Town’ directed by Mary Zimmerman, and world premieres from Andrew Hinderaker, Charles Smith, and Dael Orlandersmith.
The season’s shows explore faith, family, and finding purpose.
Seltzer will work in partnership with ETC’s executive artistic director.
Schwartz brings her experience at nonprofit arts organizations to the California theatre.
Steven Dietz, Samuel D. Hunter, Jen Silverman, Jonathan Norton, Lynn Nottage, and Qui Nguyen are this year’s finalists.
The season will include works by Kristoffer Diaz, Lillian Hellman, Robert Schenkkan, and more.
The slate includes world premieres from Andrew Hinderaker and Meg Miroshnik and an all-female ‘Topdog/Underdog.’