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Playwrights Foundation Announces Spring Reading Series
by Rebecca Russo - Feb 23, 2019

Playwrights Foundation's 6th Rough Reading of the season will be Breakout Session (or Frogorse) by Nikkole Salter, directed by Beth Wood on Monday, March 11 at 7:30 PM, Roble Hall, Stanford University; and Tuesday, March 12 at 7:00PM.

BLUE A New Opera By Jeanine Tesori And Tazewell Thompson In to Premiere at Glimmerglass Festival in 2019
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 22, 2018

The Glimmerglass Festival will present the world premiere of Blue, a new opera by Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson that dives into the emotional epicenter of a black couple coming to terms with the sudden death of their teenage son. The production will open in July 2019 as part of the company's 2019 Festival.

Winners Named in Art Institutes Meal Through the Arts Culinary Showcase Competition
by Marina Kennedy - Apr 17, 2018

Hosted by actor Jaleel White, the event challenged 12 regional winners in the Meal Through the Arts competition to prepare their recipes for a live audience and a panel of celebrity chefs (to include Chef Ito Fuyuhiko, Chef Jamika Pessoa and Certified Master Chef Daryl Shular). These students competed in four categories: canapé, salad, entrée and dessert.

Primary Stages Announces Additional Winter Programming
by Julie Musbach - Feb 21, 2018

PRIMARY STAGES (Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Shane D. Hudson, Executive Director; Casey Childs, Founder) announced today additional programming and events for the Winter 2018 season.

Graduates of The Art Institutes Named James Beard Semi-finalists
by Marina Kennedy - Feb 21, 2018

Five culinary graduates of The Art Institutes system of schools were named semifinalists in the prestigious 2018 James Beard Awards.

NNPN Awards Annual Commission to Nikkole Salter and Cleveland Public Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Jan 12, 2017

The National New Play Network, the country's alliance of nonprofit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, announces the 2016-17 Annual Commission is awarded to Core Member Cleveland Public Theatre (OH) and playwright Nikkole Salter.

One Night Only! Cast Announced for MDR Staged Reading of TORN ASUNDER by Nikkole Salter
by BWW News Desk - Dec 5, 2016

Midtown Direct Rep (MDR) continues its 2016-17 staged reading series, Theater at The Woodland, with a presentation of TORN ASUNDER, written by Obie Award-winner Nikkole Salter and directed by Janeece Freeman Clark

Cleveland Public Theatre to Stage Regional Premiere of LINES IN THE DUST, 6/2-18
by Tyler Peterson - May 18, 2016

Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) has announced the regional premiere of Lines in the Dust by Nikkole Salter, directed by Beth Wood and featuring Kim Sias, Nicole Sumlin* and Skip Corris*. The show tackles the ripped-from-the-headlines issue of education inequality and tells the story of a mother committed to doing "whatever it takes" for her adolescent daughter to receive a quality education.

The New Black Fest Commissions Five Black Women Playwrights for UN-TAMED: HAIR BODY ATTITUDE This Fall
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2015

In the tradition of Facing Our Truth: Short Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege and HANDS UP: 6 Playwrights, 6 Testaments, The New Black Fest (guest curator playwright Dominique Morisseau) will commission five black women playwrights to write short plays entitled UN-TAMED: HAIR BODY ATTITUDE - Short Plays by Black Women. The playwrights include Cori Thomas, Nikkole Salter, Chisa Hutchinson, Lenelle Moise and Jocelyn Bioh.

Streep, Baldwin & More To Read For Project 451, Kick-off Gala Held 5/17,18 In NY
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 25, 2009

The Literature to Life® program of The American Place Theatre (APT) will kick off its newest campaign, Project 451, with a celebrity gala May 17 and 18 in Theater at St. Clement's, 423 West 46th Street, Manhattan.