Hayley Finn Named Theater J Artistic Director
The former Playwrights’ Center associate A.D. will join managing director David Lloyd Olson on the leadership team as of Feb 1.
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The former Playwrights’ Center associate A.D. will join managing director David Lloyd Olson on the leadership team as of Feb 1.
Moses will be awarded $15,000 and a reading of his play ‘The Ally’ at Theater J’s annual benefit next week.
Created to broaden racial and ethnic portrayals of Jewishness onstage, the program provides playwrights with a $10,000 commission and a $5,000 developmental budget to support the creation of their new full-length plays over the next two and a half years.
The musicals-focused company will create a dual leadership model in place as its longtime singular leader, Robb Hunt, retires.
Far from simply preaching tolerance among Jews, Christians, and Muslims, this 18th-century comic fable insists on true inclusion and fellowship.
The program will commission 7 Jewish playwrights of color in an effort to ‘correct and broaden’ conceptions of Jewishness onstage.
‘Here There Are Blueberries’ by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich will be honored in a ceremony in December.
The digital Israeli Theatre Collection will offer nine productions from six theatres.
The company will present a series of digital readings and classes in place of its previously scheduled in-person programming.
Plays exploring the Jewish experience receive the first Trish Vradenburg Jewish Play Prize and the Patty Abramson Jewish Play Prize.