Latest Articles About Makers on PBS
Dance/NYC Announces Rehearsal Space Subsidy Program
by A.A. Cristi - November 02, 2021 Dance/NYC has announced the New York City Dance Rehearsal Space Subsidy Program, administered by Dance/NYC and made possible by the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ...
WYO PLAY Focuses On Youth Engagement At The WYO
by A.A. Cristi - March 09, 2021 Beginning in April, ensemble members will meet every other Saturday morning to take part in masterclasses, scene studies, workshops, and play readings. During the Summer, ensemble members will gain experience both on and off stage through supporting the Children's Spring Musical and putting on their...
Green Space Announces June Virtual Performances
by A.A. Cristi - May 21, 2021 Green Space has announced a diverse roster of artists for its signature programs presented virtually. ...
B·O·N·D International Virtual Performance Festival Announces 2021 Event, Global Chinese Voices
by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2021 Boston-based Mandarin-English bilingual, bicultural theater company CHUANG Stage is co-producing this year's B·O·N·D International Virtual Performance Festival: Global Chinese Voices, supporting a cohort of Chinese descent theater-makers currently residing and working in New York, Toronto, Brussels,...
Creating In Color, Industry Directory For BIPOC Theatre Music Makers Launched
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 09, 2020 A new database and website, designed to service the music makers of the theatre who are BIPOC has been created. In the wake of recent developments in the theatre and in the world at large, many organizations are trying to reach out to this underrepresented group but lack the ability to find those pe...
Nottingham Playhouse Announces Winner Of Panto Playwright Call Out
by Stephi Wild - June 10, 2020 Nottingham Playhouse today announces Naomi Obeng as the winner of its recent call out for a professional writer to create its 2020 festive family show, Jack and the Beanstalk....
Win a Ticket to The Virtual TheaterMakers Summit
by BWW Contests - October 25, 2021 One lucky winner will receive a pass to this year's virtual TheatreMakers Summit. The pass will be good for the event, streaming online November 6 and 7. The TheaterMakers Summit will be held virtually again in 2021 for theater makers across the globe to attend, making this the largest virtual gathe...
Museum of the Moving Image Launches Marvels Of Media Awards To Celebrate Media-Makers With Autism
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 14, 2021 Museum of the Moving Image is inviting all audiences to recognize the creativity and leadership of media-makers with autism. To honor media-makers on the spectrum, MoMI is launching an open call for nominations for the Marvels of Media Awards, the very first media awards ceremony, film festival, and...
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lynn Nottage, Clint Ramos & More Announced for Inaugural BIPOC Theatre-Makers Program
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 03, 2021 Black Theatre United and Williamstown Theatre Festival have announced the participants, visiting luminary artists, and guest professors participating in the inaugural Early Career Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Theatre-Makers Program, a central new component of the Festival’s training progra...
Chicago's One Of A Kind Show Launches Virtual Holiday Market
by Stephi Wild - November 12, 2020 One of Chicago’s favorite holiday traditions, the One of a Kind Holiday Show, returns in an online format November 12 – December 6...
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Teams Up With SoHarlem For Costume Creation And Preservation, Connecting Culture & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 26, 2021 This Fall, the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will begin a unique partnership with SoHarlem, a social enterprise connecting Harlem residents to cultural industries' opportunities that help them achieve economic self-sufficiency. ...
Dance/NYC Publishes 'Defining “Small-Budget” Dance Makers in a Changing Dance Ecology' Research Report
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 20, 2020 The service organization Dance/NYC has announced the release of its latest research report, Defining 'Small-Budget' Dance Makers in a Changing Dance Ecology, a quantitative and qualitative analysis prepared in collaboration with Carrie Blake and Nelie Jacques from Webb Mgmt. ...
Taking Care COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund Expands to Meet Need in Washington Theater
by A.A. Cristi - October 29, 2020 theatreWashington announced an expansion of the Taking Care COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, originally organized in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and the sudden loss of work for professional theatre-makers in our region. The expansion includes an increase in the amount of the grant...
Green Space Announces May Virtual Performances
by A.A. Cristi - April 14, 2021 Green Space has announced a diverse roster of artists for its signature programs presented virtually, including two sets of performances in May. ...
Fuse Expands FUTURE HISTORY Initiative to Honor 24 Rising Stars
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 27, 2021 With the new season of FUTURE HISTORY and the launch of the FUTURE HISTORY CLASS OF 2021, Fuse continues to honor individuals who are using their voice to drive positive change, and whose impact on the world will be talked about in the future....
New Theatre Company, Time's Fool, Launches In Connecticut
by A.A. Cristi - November 18, 2020 Time's Fool is a new professional theatre company based in Wethersfield CT. ...
Charlotte Lund Appointed Executive Director Of Iris Theatre
by Stephi Wild - October 02, 2020 Iris Theatre, the resident theatre company of the Actors' Church in Covent Garden, today announces the appointment of Charlotte Lund as Executive Director working alongside Artistic Director Paul-Ryan Carberry. She takes up her role immediately....
Chrissy Metz & Leann Rimes to Host New Crafting Competition Series for Discovery+
by Michael Major - October 28, 2021 Chrissy will helm the action as the competitors contend in a wide range of artistic categories including paper art, fluid painting, stained glass, and artisanal soap. During Meet Your Makers Showdown, inspiration judge LeAnn Rimes will lead fellow judges on a walkthrough among contestants that delve...
Wingspace Theatrical Design Presents a Free Virtual Salon With MENA Designers
by Stephi Wild - November 01, 2021 As part of their free virtual salon series, Wingspace Theatrical Design in partnership with MENATA will present a conversation with MENA Designers working in US Theatre: Dina El-Aziz, Rana Esfandiary and Ma'moon Tebbi. Moderated by Kate Moore Heaney and Kate Freer....
The Marlowe in Canterbury and the Mercury in Colchester Create New Artist Commission Programme
by Stephi Wild - March 02, 2021 The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury and the Mercury, Colchester have announced a brand-new partnership to support theatre-makers from Kent, Essex and Sussex who want to make and test bold new work that reflects our times and region....
Take Root at Green Space to Present DEGREES OF FREEDOM
by A.A. Cristi - November 16, 2021 Green Space has announced a diverse roster of artists for its signature programs this December. Take Root will present an evening of work by Wan Dance Theater/Huiwang Zhang on December 10th and 11th, and Fertile Ground showcases works-in-progress by multiple dance artists on December 12th....
Tony Winner Tonya Pinkins Pens Missive on Performative Activism in the Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - July 10, 2020 Today, Tony Award-winning actor, Tonya Pinkins, published a lengthy essay for Medium titled, 'Why I am Fed Up with Performative Activism from White and Black Theater Makers'....
Dance/NYC Publishes Research Report On Defining 'Small-Budget' Dance Makers In A Changing Dance Ecology
by A.A. Cristi - October 20, 2020 The service organization Dance/NYC has announced the release of its latest research report, Defining 'Small-Budget' Dance Makers in a Changing Dance Ecology, a quantitative and qualitative analysis prepared in collaboration with Carrie Blake and Nelie Jacques from Webb Mgmt. ...
Producers, Artists and Associate Company Announced for Northcott's Futures Programme
by Stephi Wild - March 31, 2021 Exeter Northcott Futures is a programme of support and professional development resources for theatre-makers in the South West. Now in its second year the Futures programme works with early-career artists, producers and local companies to ensure that Devon is a place in which theatre-makers can deve...
Mercury and The Marlowe Announce Ten New Artist Commissions
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 07, 2021 The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury and the Mercury, Colchester have revealed the artists who have been awarded a commission, as part of a brand-new partnership between the two venues to support theatre-makers in Kent, Essex and Sussex.... |