Brian Eugenio Herrera
Latest News on Brian Eugenio Herrera:
DORIAN THEATER AWARDS To Return For 2nd Year This May (Mar 5, 2024)
Heidi Armbruster & Paul Niebanck to Join KEEN AFTER HOURS (Mar 22, 2021)
Nick Blaemire, Brian Eugenio Herrera, and Dan Domingues Announced for KEEN AFTER HOURS (Feb 26, 2021)
DORIAN THEATER AWARDS To Return For 2nd Year This May (Mar 5, 2024)
Heidi Armbruster & Paul Niebanck to Join KEEN AFTER HOURS (Mar 22, 2021)
Nick Blaemire, Brian Eugenio Herrera, and Dan Domingues Announced for KEEN AFTER HOURS (Feb 26, 2021)
Brian Eugenio Herrera BIO
Brian Eugenio Herrera is, by turns, a writer, teacher and scholar - presently based in New Jersey, but forever rooted in New Mexico. Brian's work, whether academic or artistic, examines the history of gender, sexuality and race within and through U.S. popular performance. He is author of The Latina/o Theatre Commons 2013 National Convening: A Narrative Report (HowlRound, 2015). His book Latin Numbers: Playing Latino in Twentieth-Century U.S. Popular Performance (Michigan, 2015) was awarded the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism and received an Honorable Mention for the John W. Frick Book Award from the American Theatre and Drama Society. With Stephanie Batiste and Robin Bernstein, Brian serves as co-editor of “Performances and American Cultures” series at NYU Press. Also a performer, Brian's autobiographical storywork performances (including I Was the Voice of Democracy and TouchTones) have been presented in venues large and small across the United States, as well as Beirut and Abu Dhabi. Brian is a longstanding contributor to the Fornés Institute, a project committed to preserving and amplifying the legacy of María Irene Fornés. He has also worked closely with ArtEquity, an organization committed to creating and sustaining a culture of equity and inclusion through the arts; with Theatrical Intimacy Education, a group researching, developing, and teaching best practices for staging theatrical intimacy; and with The Sol Project, an initiative dedicated to producing the work of Latinx playwrights in New York City and beyond. He serves on the Director's Council of the DramaLeague and on the boards of Clubbed Thumb and Bard at the Gate. Brian is presently at work on several scholarly book projects: Next! A Brief History of Casting, a historical study of the material practices of casting in US popular performance; Starring Miss Virginia Calhoun, a narrative portrait of a deservedly obscure early 20th century actress/writer/producer; and Fornés in Context, an anthology (co-edited with Anne García Romero and under contract with Cambridge University Press) documenting the life, work and legacy of playwright María Irene Fornés. He also publishes the #TheatreClique Newsletter. Brian Eugenio Herrera is Associate Professor in the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University.
Brian Eugenio Herrera News
DORIAN THEATER AWARDS To Return For 2nd Year This May
GALECA has announced key dates and new categories for the 2nd Dorian Theater Awards, set to honor Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of the 2023-2024 season.
Heidi Armbruster & Paul Niebanck to Join KEEN AFTER HOURS
Keen Co Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein announced new guests for upcoming evenings of the FREE event, Keen After Hours: Heidi Armbruster & Paul Niebanck, who share the distinction of working on the most Keen productions, on April 5th, joining the previously announced Nick Blaemire tonight, March 22nd followed by Dan Domingues on March 29th.
Nick Blaemire, Brian Eugenio Herrera, and Dan Domingues Announced for KEEN AFTER HOURS
Keen Company has announced new guests for upcoming evenings of the popular FREE event, Keen After Hours: Brian Eugenio Herrera on March 15th, Nick Blaemire on March 22nd and Dan Domingues on March 29th, joining the previously announced Thomas Jay Ryan (March 1st) and Jennifer Ashley Tepper (March 8th). Keen After Hours is free and open to all.
The Drama League Announces Formation of Directors Council Featuring Daniel Banks, Melia Bensussen and More
The Drama League has announced the formation of its first Directors Council, featuring nationally-renowned directors Daniel Banks, Melia Bensussen, Christopher Burris, Jillian Carucci, Jennifer Chang, Desdemona Chiang, R.J. Cutler, Estefanía Fadul, Raz Golden, Brian Eugenio Herrera, Adam Immerwahr, Gwynn MacDonald, Tony Phelan and more.
History And Theater Evening Panel Discussion Announced At Museum of the American Revolution
Broadway's smash hit Hamilton: An American Musical has undoubtedly ignited a revival of interest in early American history, but where does history end and theater begin? On Wednesday, April 3, 2019 from 6 - 8 p.m., the Museum of the American Revolution will host an evening panel discussion on balancing artistic license with historical accuracy, and how theater professionals and historians can work together to inspire new generations of audiences through storytelling.
50 Playwrights Project Announces Second Annual Best Unproduced Latin@/x Plays List
Continuing with its mission to support Latin@/x playwrights, the 50 Playwrights Project (50PP) has released its second annual list of recommended unproduced Latin@/x plays. Dubbed The 50PP List, it is comprised of eight production-ready plays by Latin@/x playwrights.
Theatre for a New Audience Announces 2017 OPEN BOOKS Programming
Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA; Jeffrey Horowitz, Founding Artistic Director) is pleased to announce 2017 programming for Open Books, its series of conversations with the authors of some of American theatre's most acclaimed new books. Jonathan Kalb, TFANA's Resident Literary Advisor and Dramaturg, curates and moderates these free public talks.
McCarter Theatre Center & Princeton to Host August Wilson Symposium, 4/18
On Monday, April 18th, McCarter Theatre Center and Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts will host a symposium commemorating the 20th anniversary of August Wilson's seminal speech, "The Ground on Which I Stand," delivered in 1996 from the stage of the McCarter's Matthew's Theatre addressing questions of race, diversity, and cultural identity in the American Theater.
Drama Critics Brian Eugenio Herrera and Chris Jones Receive 2015 George Jean Nathan Award
The George Jean Nathan Award Committee has chosen two recipients of the 2014-15 prize for the year's best work in dramatic criticism. Brian Eugenio Herrera is receiving the award for his book Latin Numbers: Playing Latino in Twentieth-Century U.S. Popular Performance (University of Michigan, 2015). Chris Jones has been chosen for his work as theater critic for the Chicago Tribune.
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