The American Project News

The American Music Theatre Project has announced its new works coming in 2024. Learn more about the full lineup here!

Find out who won at the GRAMMYs. Notable winners include Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, SZA, Fred Again.., Shucked songwriter Brandy Clark, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Kylie Minogue, Billie Eilish for the Barbie soundtrack, and more.

Triggered by a vicious murder which brought national attention to the lack of hate crime laws, The Laramie Project, a riveting contemporary drama, is presented by the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance Feb. 22, 23, 24, 29 and March 1 at 7 p.m. and March 2 at 2 p.m. in the Main Theatre, Wright Hall.

Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, and more were also nominated for GRAMMYS. Check out the full list of nominations now! Sweeney Todd, Parade, and more were nominated in the Best Musical Theatre Album category.

 The American Opera Project has announced the newest class of composers and librettists to receive fellowships for its 12th cycle of the Composers & the Voice (C&V) program. Learn more about the members here!

Deaf Austin Theatre (DAT), a non-profit theatre company based in Austin, is excited to announce its latest venture, a groundbreaking production of 'The Laramie Project' performed in American Sign Language (ASL), spoken English and supertitles this September. 

Deaf Austin Theatre is presenting a groundbreaking production of 'The Laramie Project' performed in American Sign Language (ASL), spoken English and supertitles this September. 

Irondale, now celebrating forty years of artistically ambitious, and cutting-edge theatre, presents the world premiere of an original devised work, American Century: Part 1, April 21-May 21, 2023.

The American Opera Project announces the online release of First Glimpse : Songs from the Great Room, a concert of World Premiere songs recorded in May 2022 in Brooklyn, NY.

The American Opera Project (AOP), a Brooklyn based opera think-tank at the forefront of contemporary opera development and collaboration, announces the world premiere of Letters That You Will Not Get: Women's Voices from the Great War, July 29-August 7 at The Space at Irondale.

The American Classical Orchestra (ACO) returns to the historic Harlem Parish, the stunning location of its highly-praised 2020 digital production of The Chaconne Project, for an intimate, creatively staged live performance of the program.

The American Opera Project (AOP) will honor International Transgender Day of Visibility with 'AS ONE: THE WORK CONTINUES…” at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City. The one-hour live and livestreamed event, taking place on March 31, 2022 at 7 pm ET, will be moderated by baritone, model, and creative director Rahzé Cheatham who recently performed in the landmark 49th production of As One, featuring an all transgender cast.

On Monday, March 21st at 7pm CT / 8pm ET, The American Opera Project (AOP) and The National WWI Museum and Memorial will give voice to the women of WWI and explore their (many times overlooked) contributions and cultural representations during a free, livestreamed presentation. The event will feature readings of newly transcribed letters from the National WWI Museum and Memorial's archives, selections from the AOP-developed opera Letters That You Will Not Get: Women’s Voices from the Great War by composer Kirsten Volness and co-librettists Susan Werbe and Kate Holland, as well as a keynote talk by Jennifer Orth-Veillon, author, scholar and curator of the WWrite Blog. The event, produced by Emitha LLC, will be moderated by award-winning journalist Kelly Kennedy, Managing Editor for The War Horse and U.S. Army veteran.  

The American Opera Project has released the first issue of a self-published “‘Zine” providing a unique trip into the revolutionary world of Eat The Document, a new opera written by composer John Glover and librettist Kelley Rourke, directed by Kristin Marting, and now in development at AOP.

On Thursday, April 14th at 7pm ET, The American Opera Project will push play on The AOP Mixtape #1: No More!, the first concert in its new annual series The AOP Mixtape – a live, handwritten love letter of music featuring world premiere songs from contemporary operas and music theater.

San Francisco, Berkeley, and San Jose, CA - Remote Theater, the award-winning 'live cinema' theatre company born during the pandemic, has launched The Common Law Theatre Project, publicly funded dramatizations of many lives affected by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade.

The American Opera Project, the Brooklyn-based organization dedicated to the creation and premiere of lyric theater and artistic training, announces two new members to their Board of Directors and three new members to their Staff, who will work together to support AOP's mission and vision through new insight and continued dedication to AOP's audiences and communities.

The American Classical Orchestra returns to the historic Harlem Parish, the stunning location of its highly-praised 2020 digital production of The Chaconne Project, for an intimate, creatively staged live performance of the program.

The American Opera Project announced today grant awards totaling $75,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts to support the recovery of the nonprofit arts and culture sector. Following New York State's $105 million investment in the arts for FY2022, NYSCA has awarded more than $80 million since June 2021.

The Civilians has announced programming for its 20th anniversary season which includes a return to in-person events. The season, running December 13, 2021 – June 6, 2022, celebrates the vital and necessary human connections that have made The Civilians thrive for two decades.