L.A.’s Runway Project
The state of play(s) in Southern California, where the theatre refuses to die.
All Stories About Geffen Playhouse
a.k. payne on ‘Furlough’s Paradise’: Rupture and Ritual
A conversation about abolition, family, and how to hold the past in the present.
2025 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards Announced
The 16 Edgerton Award recipients will receive extra development after their world premiere productions.
Hewes Design Awards, Rattlestick Residencies, Geffen Writers’ Room, and More
A roundup of awards, citations, and residencies.
a.k. payne’s ‘Furlough’s Paradise’ Wins Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Their two-hander about cousins sharing grief and comparing plans for utopia is part of the writer’s growing body of work.
Social Impact Theatre Awardees, Horton Foote Prize, and More
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
NAMT Grants, Geffen Writers’ Room, and More
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
This Week in Theatre Awards: THRIVE!, the Edgerton Foundation, and the Lillys
A roundup of prizes, residencies, and other recognition from the week of Dec. 17.
Tarell Alvin McCraney Named Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director
McCraney’s appointment is effective immediately, and he succeeds Matt Shakman, who stepped down in February.
Offscript: Revisiting the NICU with Mike Lew and Moritz von Stuelpnagel
On this episode we talk to playwright Mike Lew and director Moritz von Stuelpnagel about taking ‘tiny father’ from audio to audience and catch up with critic J. Wynn Rousuck about the Contemporary American Theater Festival.
