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Rovaco Dance Party 2025 To Take Place September 27 At Center For Performance Research
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 28, 2025

Rovaco Dance Company will present Rovaco Dance Party 2025 on September 27 at CPR – Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn. The evening includes live music, dance-theater premieres, cultural exchange, and a DJ party, plus complimentary Indian snacks and drinks. Tickets available now.

CHUANG Stage Reveals Cast for World Premiere of Mfoniso Udofia’s THE CEREMONY
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 8, 2025

CHUANG Stage will present the world premiere of Mfoniso Udofia’s The Ceremony, the sixth play in her Ufot Family Cycle, September 11–October 5, 2025, at Boston University’s Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre, directed by Kevin R. Free.

Cast and Creatives Set for LOVE YOU MORE at The Tank
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 9, 2025

The Tank has revealed the full cast and creative team for the World Premiere of Love You More, by Nikhil Mahapatra. See who is starring, and learn more about the production here!

The Tank Unveils Summer 2025 Core Productions and Festivals
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 3, 2025

The Tank has revealed their Summer 2025 Core Productions and Festivals. The Tank will host their annual summer festivals, including PrideFest and more. Learn how to attend.

Rovaco Dance Party 2024 Set For Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 5, 2024

 Rovaco Dance Company will present their sixth annual Rovaco Dance Party on Saturday, October 5th in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. This evening of contemporary performance and immersive cultural exchange begins with an informal social inspired by Indian hospitality traditions.

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of ELYRIA at Atlantic Theater Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 28, 2023

Check out photos from opening night of the world premiere of Deepa Purohit's Elyria at Atlantic Theater Company.

Review Roundup: The World Premiere Of ELYRIA Opens At Atlantic Theater Company
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 28, 2023

Atlantic Theater Company is presenting the world premiere production of Elyria, written by Deepa Purohit (Off-Broadway playwriting debut), and directed by Awoye Timpo (The Homecoming Queen). Read reviews for the production!

Photos: First Look at ELYRIA World Premiere at Atlantic Theater Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 23, 2023

Get a first look at photos of the world premiere of Elyria, written by Deepa Purohit, at Atlantic Theater Company!

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for ELYRIA at Atlantic Theater Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 19, 2023

See rehearsal photos for the world premiere play Elyria at Atlantic Theater Company, written by Deepa Purohit and directed by Awoye Timpo. 

Cast Announced for World Premiere of ELYRIA at Atlantic Theater Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 9, 2023

Atlantic Theater Company has announced casting for the world premiere production of Elyria, written by Deepa Purohit (Off-Broadway playwriting debut), and directed by Awoye Timpo (The Homecoming Queen).

SPEAKERS' CORNER New Play Development Plays-In-Progress 29-Hour Equity Workshops to Continue
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 31, 2022

Gingold Theatrical Group, now in its 17th Season, is continuing its new play development with the Plays-In-Progress AEA-approved Showcases of this year’s SPEAKER'S CORNER Writers Group.

Gingold Theatrical Group to Present SPEAKERS' CORNER New Play Development Workshops
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 18, 2022

Gingold Theatrical Group is presenting SPEAKER'S CORNER Writers Group. This season, writers Aeneas Sagar Hemphill, Divya Mangwani, Marcus Scott and Mallory Jane Weiss are developing works in response to prompts from the revolutionary activist humanitarian writings and precepts of George Bernard Shaw.

BWW Blog: This is the Beginning of Your Professional Life
by Atlantic Theater Company - Apr 29, 2022

Atlantic Acting School alum (and current Coordinator of Student Affairs - NYU) Mahima Saigal spoke with us about her experience at Atlantic and how it prepared her for being a working actor and, most recently, a director!

Astoria Performing Arts Center with Theatre East Presents AMERICAN ARCANA
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 13, 2020

Crumbling infrastructure, poison water, distant gunfire, political ads. What does the future hold, and who will be there to shape it? From award-winning Austin-based playwright Cyndi Williams comes a timely epic of survival and the fight for a better tomorrow. October 22nd and 23rd ONLY at 8:00PM . Tickets at www.apacny.org or fiveohm.tv.

SPRING AWAKENING, SHINKA & More Win Off-Off-Broadway IT Awards
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 17, 2019

On Monday, September 16, 2019, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation announced the 2019 recipients at the annual Off-Off-Broadway IT Awards. For the past 15 years, the It Awards have celebrated the vibrant and creative indie theatre community under the dedicated leadership of Executive Directors Shay Gines and Nick Micozzi who are stepping down and at the ceremony introduced new leadership for the organization: Cat Parker, Artistic Director of Articulate Theatre Company; Ariel Estrada, Producing Artistic Director of Leviathan Lab Projects; and Jazmyn Arroyo, Co-Founding Artistic Director of Step 1 Theatre Project will join Akia Squiteri, Artistic Director of Rising Sun Performance Company as Directors of the organization.

The New York Innovative Theatre Awards Celebrates 15 Years & The 2019 Award Nominees
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 31, 2019

On Monday, July 29, 2019, The New York Innovative Theatre Awards, announced the 2019 nominees for the annual Off-Off-Broadway awards. The It Awards have celebrated the vibrant and creative theatre community for the past 15 years.  The official announcement took place at (Le) Poisson Rouge by six celebrated artists and producers from the community including: Jazmyn Arroyo, Jennifer Betite Yen, Iyvon Edebiri, Chris Ignacio, Ashley Rogers, and Erez Ziv.

Nominees Announced For New York Innovative Theater Awards, Celebrating Off-Off-Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Jul 30, 2019

On Monday, July 29, 2019, nominees were announced for The New York Innovative Theatre Awards, celebrating Off-Off-Broadway.

Casting Announced For Upcoming Criminal Queerness Festival
by Julie Musbach - May 31, 2019

Casting has been announced for National Queer Theater's inaugural Criminal Queerness Festival, a WorldPride partner event, which will run from June 13-July 7 at IRT Theater in Manhattan.

QUEEN Comes To Astoria Performing Arts Center! 2019 Cast & Crew Announcement
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 9, 2019

Award-winning and critically-acclaimed Astoria Performing Arts Center (APAC - Jesse Marchese, Executive Director; Dev Bondarin, Artistic Director) kicks off its 18th mainstage season with the New York premiere of Queen by Madhuri Shekar, directed by J. Mehr Kaur. Queen runs from January 31 to February 16, 2019 at the Black Box at the Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens, 21-12 30th Road (Entrance on 21st Street), Astoria, NY 11102.

Immersive Theatre Piece THE FEMALE ROLE MODEL PROJECT Comes to Theaterlab
by Stephi Wild - Jan 25, 2018

The Female Role Model Project is a scientifically enhanced multimedia devised theatre piece built by an ensemble of female-identified artists about recreating modern female role models in the world of cataclysmic climate change, cataclysmic political change and possibility of reprogramming our brains.