Claudia Rankine

Cast Announced for Women-Led Production of DOM JUAN at Bard SummerScape 2022

The Fisher Center at Bard will present a bold, gender-reframed, era-transcending vision of Molière’s 1665 tragicomedy Dom Juan, conceived and directed by Ashley Tata, with a new translation from NYU Professor of ​​French Literature  and theater scholar Sylvaine Guyot and Fisher Center Artistic Director Gideon Lester.

THE WHITE CARD By Claudia Rankine Announces UK Premiere and Tour

The UK and European premiere of Claudia Rankine's The White Card will open at Northern Stage in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in May before a three-month UK tour.

Cast Revealed For the European Premiere of THE WHITE CARD at Leeds Playhouse

Casting has been announced for the European premiere of Claudia Rankine's first published play, The White Card. This is a co-production between Leeds Playhouse, Northern Stage, Birmingham Repertory Theatre & Soho Theatre, in association with HOME Manchester directed by Northern Stage's Artistic Director, Natalie Ibu and opens in Leeds from 24 May – 4 June.

VIDEO: Claudia Rankine Talks HELP at The Shed

After closing during previews two years ago due to the pandemic, this March The Shed presents the world premiere of Help, a new play by acclaimed author and poet Claudia Rankine (Just Us, Citizen: An American Lyric), directed by Obie Award–winner Taibi Magar (Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Signature Theater; Is God Is, Soho Rep). 

New York Premiere of Shamel Pitts' BLACK HOLE - TRILOGY AND TRIATHLON Announced

New York Live Arts and 92Y will present the New York premiere of BLACK HOLE – Trilogy and Triathlon, a multidisciplinary performance choreographed by the award-winning movement artist Shamel Pitts, co-created and performed by his Brooklyn-based arts collective TRIBE.

Photos: First Look at the World Premiere of HELP at The Shed

After closing during previews two years ago due to the pandemic, this March The Shed will present the world premiere of Help, a new play by acclaimed author and poet Claudia Rankine (Just Us, Citizen: An American Lyric), directed by Obie Award–winner Taibi Magar (Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Signature Theater; Is God Is, Soho Rep). 

TCG and The Center for Fiction to Present Playwright Sarah Ruhl and Composer Matthew Aucoin in Conversation

The Center for Fiction and Theatre Communications Group will co-present Sarah Ruhl and Matthew Aucoin in Conversation on March 16 at 7pm ET at The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217, and via livestream.

Global Climate Storytelling Project WE HEAR YOUâ€"A CLIMATE ARCHIVE Launches

​​​​​​​Dramaten (The Royal Dramatic Theatre of Sweden), The Earth Commons-Georgetown University's Institute for Environment and Sustainability, The Embassy of Sweden in Washington, DC, and The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics announce the launch of We Hear You-A Climate Archive, co-conceived by Caitlin Nasema Cassidy and Jacob Hirdwall.

Claudia Rankine's HELP Comes to The Shed in March

After closing during previews two years ago due to the pandemic, this March The Shed presents the world premiere of Help, a new play by acclaimed author and poet Claudia Rankine (Just Us, Citizen: An American Lyric), directed by Obie Award–winner Taibi Magar (Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Signature Theater; Is God Is, Soho Rep). Help stars April Matthis (Toni Stone, Roundabout Theatre; Fairview, Soho Rep).

A.R.T. & the Museum of the American Revolution to Present BETSY ROSS BEYOND THE FLAG

American Repertory Theater at Harvard University and the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia announced today the co-presentation of the next event in A.R.T’s Civically Speaking series, Betsy Ross Beyond the Flag, to be held online on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:30PM ET.

VIDEO: Claudia Rankine Talks HELP at The Shed

After closing during previews two years ago due to the pandemic, this March The Shed presents the world premiere of Help, a new play by acclaimed author and poet Claudia Rankine (Just Us, Citizen: An American Lyric), directed by Obie Award–winner Taibi Magar (Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Signature Theater; Is God Is, Soho Rep). 

VIDEO: Playwright Claudia Rankine Discusses THE WHITE CARD at A.R.T.

In the video below, Playwright Claudia Rankine discusses themes found in her new play, 'The White Card,' playing February, 24 - April 1, 2018 at the American Repertory Theater in Boston!

Citizen: An American Lyric joins Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre as part of the inaugural Block Party program.