BROOKLYN THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 82

The Brick Theater, Title:Point, and Object Collection present Periscope, written by Ryan William Downey (Sleeping Car Porters, Biter (Every Time I Turn Around) airing live July 12th at 8pm EST via Out of an Abundance of Caution, an online performance series.

Arts in the Armed Forces, founded by actor and Marine Adam Driver, has announced that it has received a $100,000 challenge grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to launch its inaugural AITAF Action Fund on July 1st, 2020.

With over sixty total events featuring more than 100 artists over a four month span, National Sawdust's ongoing Digital Discovery Festival is the rarest sort of story in NYC's post-COVID live music world: an unalloyed success.

The See Lighting Foundation, an organization committed to supporting immigrant artists during the global pandemic, kicks off a Monthly Donation Campaign on July 1, 2020.

This Sunday June 28th from 2pm to 6pm at Sanders Studios - located at 525 Waverly Ave in Brooklyn - the Brooklyn Rising initiative - in conjunction with the Brooklyn Borough Hall - will be hosting a community event to herald construction of Brooklyn's New Year's Eve Ball; which is set to be RAISED v

Pratt Institute has named Jorge Oliver as the new dean of the School of Art.

Though much of the celebration and NYC's annual parade has been postponed by the ongoing pandemic, National Sawdust is proud to support Pride in June by commemorating the history and future of our city's vibrant community and by celebrating artists who are creating music and theater with an explicit

The Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (CBJC) has announced the Tele-Jazz Festival, its 21st annual music series, June 11 through 30.

No Exit Theatre Collective (NETC) presents William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in our live-streamed Fortnightly Reading Series: Pride Edition!

BAM and New York Live Arts (Live Arts) unite their respective annual Pride programs for the first time in a special live streaming event-The House Party with Everybooty on Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 8pm EDT.

In New York City and across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected communities of color.

Coney Island USA, the not-for-profit arts organization that for the past 37 years has presented the Mermaid Parade, will finally reveal their eagerly anticipated plans for the 2020 Parade.

HERE WE GO is back again with their second ever 24 hour ZOOM festival! This now monthly series kicked off earlier in May and showcased the work of 23 emerging artists.

This June Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation announces a new initiative designed to recognize and reward exceptional leadership, in response to changing and urgent times.

All Out Arts is presenting the annual Developmental Reading Series of LGBTQ works in progress - OUTwrite - as part of the 2020 Fresh Fruit Festival on the first three Sundays in June, free to the public, and with a Question & Answer period immediately following each performance.

Shakespeare Sports, a company dedicated to presenting the works of William Shakespeare in styles similar to the performance styles of his time, in association with Jay Michaels will present Hamlet as an online reading in preparation of their production scheduled for The Clemente in NYC's Lower East

Brooklyn-based performer, writer, and educator, Kelcey Anyá, announces Kelcey Anyá Performing Arts Academy's Virtual Summer Summit: A Six Week Virtual Performing Arts Experience for youth ages 10 to 17.

Brooklyn Film Festival's 23rd edition: TURNING POINT (aka Relearn How to be Human), which in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic began showing films for free online

Bang on a Can announced the hourly schedule for its ALL LIVE Bang on a Can Marathon on Sunday, June 14, 2020 from 3pm-9pm ET.

The Brooklyn-based Asase Yaa Cultural Arts has announced plans to launch their first ever crowdfunding campaign, the Asase Yaa Summer Youth Employment Initiative,' to raise $50,000 to fund summer employment for 20 teenage youth (ages 14-19) from June 29 - August 7.

Nova Frontier Film Festival and Lab, The Billie Holiday Theater and Laurel Channel TV have joined forces to launch the Nova Frontier Film Festival 2020, a unique and timely virtual edition of the innovative global film festival taking place online Friday, June 12th a?" Sunday, June 14th in response

Brooklyn-based Asase Yaa Cultural Arts has announced plans to launch their first ever crowdfunding campaign, the Asase Yaa Summer Youth Employment Initiative,' to raise $50,000 to fund summer employment for 20 teenage youth (ages 14-19) from June 15- August 7, 2020.

Starting Thursday, June 25, BAM presents the virtual theatrical release of Shola Amoo's stunning dramatic feature The Last Tree (2019).

Irondale Ensemble is re-imagining their critically acclaimed mega-text, The 1599 Project through a 4-part virtual series, streaming live: Henry V on May 28, Julius Caesar on June 4, As You Like It on June 11, and Hamlet on June 18.

National Sawdust has paused their Digital Discovery festival this week due to current events.