Sanaz Toossi Named Judith Champion Playwriting Fellow
The fellowship includes a new-play commission, a living allowance, access to office and rehearsal space, a ticket stipend, and a developmental workshop.
All Stories About Manhattan Theatre Club
Chris Jennings Named Manhattan Theatre Club Executive Director
Jennings comes to MTC after 19 seasons at Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C.
Kwame Kwei-Armah Named MTC Artistic Advisor
He will remain in his role as artistic director of the Young Vic in London while advising on MTC’s programming and future planning.
When Lynne Met Barry: The Story of Manhattan Theatre Club
The company’s 5-decade journey from Off-Off-Broadway outlier to Broadway powerhouse has been steered all along by the same 2 leaders.
Could It Happen Here? How U.S. and U.K. Plays Are Staging Antisemitism’s Resurgence
Over the past year, no fewer than 10 shows on both sides of the Atlantic have addressed the historical rise of Nazism and/or the troubling resurfacing of antisemitism.
Martyna Majok’s ‘Cost of Living,’ in This Economy?
With a Broadway debut about disabled folks and their caretakers, the playwright of ‘Sanctuary City’ and ‘Ironbound’ is again writing at the margins.
The Shows That Got Away and/or Found a Way
A look at 8 shows that the pandemic cut short, what’s happened to them since, and what might be next.
MTC Announces New Commission and Development Programs
Manhattan Theatre Club has extended commissions to several writers and launched a new Groundworks Lab program.
MTC Announces Its 2021 Sloan Playwriting Commissions
The commission encourages playwrights to write works focusing on scientific and technological themes.
Williamstown Announces New Play Award and Commissions
John J. Caswell Jr. is the recipient of this year’s L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award and the 2022 Jay Harris Commission.
