Lynn Nottage’s ‘Sweat’ Receives 2016 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright receives a $25,000 award for her play about America’s industrial decline.
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright receives a $25,000 award for her play about America’s industrial decline.
Tonight’s awards ceremony for playwrights and their advocates includes a new prize named for the late American master.
The award recognizes Off-Broadway theatres that achieved parity among their playwrights and directors.
Works by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Shakespeare, and Lucas Hnath are part of the Naples theatre’s season.
TCG’s core program aimed to transform the national theatre field into a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse community will expand to more theatres.
The slate includes new works from Julia Cho, Adam Bock, the Debate Society, Dan LeFranc, Zayd Dohrn, and Kirsten Childs.
The New York-based director will make his move to the Windy City to helm American Theater Company.
The season includes a mix of dramas, comedies, farces, musicals, and holiday favorites.
The Chicago area theatre has a new two-venue home, the product of a $34 million fundraising campaign.
The North Carolina theatre’s first season under its new artistic director will include a mix of classics and new plays.