So What Could a ‘New Federal Theatre Project’ Actually Look Like?
Growing calls for government arts support are welcome, even if the historical model of the 1930s is an imprecise analogy.
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Lear deBessonet Named New Artistic Director of Encores!
Where will this acclaimed director, slated to succeed Jack Viertel, take New York’s beloved musical theatre revival program?
League of Professional Theatre Women Announces 2016 Awards
The recipients are Micki Grant, Jane Cox, Ari Laura Kreith, Lisa Kron, Jeanine Tesori, Lear deBessonet, and Elsa Rael.
Public Theater to Stage Public Works Production of ‘Twelfth Night’
The popular community engagement program goes national in partnerships with Seattle Repertory Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, and Mosaic Youth Theatre.
#TCG15 Plenary 2: The Democracy of Consciousness
Access and daring, expression and dramatic action were among the themes of a meaty morning plenary with ‘Fun Home’ writer Lisa Kron and NEA chairman Jane Chu.
Becca Blackwell and Lear deBessonet Among Recipients of Impact Awards
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has announced the seven recipients of the Impact Awards, who will each receive $80,000.
Theatre Communications Group Announces 2015 National Conference Awards
At the TCG National Conference this week, James Houghton, Lear deBessonet and Rhodessa Jones will be recognized for their theatrical achievements.
SMU’s Meadows Prize Residencies Go to Lear deBessonet and Complex Movements
A Detroit-based multimedia collective and the director of the Public Theater’s Public Works program are invited to create new urban arts projects for Dallas.
Lear deBessonet: Seeker of Hard-Won Joy
The versatile and busy director talks about her devotion to both art and activism, and how she’s fused the two with Public Works.
