Ntozake Shange

The History of Feminist Plays That Came Before LIBERATION
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Oct 28, 2025

As the fight for women to have equal rights and opportunities has evolved, so has the presence of plays telling these stories. When I wrote my book, Women Writing Musicals: The Legacy that the History Books Left Out, the first-ever book about female musical theatre writers, I researched many musicals that are in this genre as well.

Workshop of CODE RED Comes to Mosaic Theater Company
by Stephi Wild - Oct 16, 2025

Mosaic Theater Company will present a workshop for CODE RED, a new play that illuminates day-to-day life in an environment perpetually alert—the American public school system.

The Entertainment Community Fund Reveals 2025 Alex Dubé Scholarship Program Recipients
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 14, 2025

The Entertainment Community Fund has revealed the five recipients of the 2025 Alex Dubé Scholarship Program. Learn more about the fund and about the recipients here.

Review: ENORMITY, GIRL, AND THE EARTHQUAKE IN HER LUNGS at Nightwood Theatre
by Ilana Lucas - Sep 22, 2025

Woolley’s moving and layered script, developed over years in Nightwood’s Write From the Hip program, is like a firehose of neuroses, a constant barrage that drenches you with a mind that never shuts off and lungs that never take a breath.

FOR COLORED BOYZ… West Coast Premiere is Coming to The Underground Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 26, 2025

The Underground Theater will present the West Coast Premiere of FOR COLORED BOYZ (on the verge of a nervous breakdown / when freedom ain't enuff), a choreopoem written and conceived by award-winning playwright Bryan-Keyth Wilson.

Patricia White, Longtime Champion of Black Theatre, Passes Away
by Michael Major - Aug 15, 2025

Patricia White, the long-time company manager of Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre (NFT) and a well-known figure in Black Theatre, died. She had been hospitalized briefly and released for physical therapy to a nursing home, where she passed. 

FOR COLORED GIRLS... Comes to Theater West End in September
by Stephi Wild - Aug 12, 2025

Theater West End will present their sixth production in their 2025 MainStage series - For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf.

​​​​​​​CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY and More Set for Crossroads Theatre Company 2025/2026 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 7, 2025

​​​​​​​Crossroads Theatre Company is launching 47th season celebrating two new productions of iconic stories from the diaspora, plus more. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets here!

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY and More Set for Crossroads 2025-2026 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 4, 2025

Crossroads Theatre Company is launching its 47th season celebrating two new productions of iconic stories from the diaspora, plus more. See the full lineup here and learn how to purchase tickets!

GREAT EXPECTATIONS and More Set for The Acting Company 2025-26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 28, 2025

The Acting Company has revealed its 2025-26 Season of programming. The season features Dickens' Great Expectations in a World Premiere Adaptation by Nikki Massoud, and more.

Review: FURLOUGH'S PARADISE at Geffen Playhouse
by Evan Henerson - May 1, 2025

The clock is ticking, in the moment and in a greater sense, and a.k. payne’s characters can’t fully enjoy the luxury of a deep restorative breath. So neither, in this haunting but quite tender play, should we.

Review: FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF at Actors Theatre Of Little Rock
by Theresa Bertram - Apr 25, 2025

Stepping into the world of “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf” at Actors Theatre of Little Rock, located at the Quapaw United Methodist Church, is more than attending a play—it's an invitation to witness resilience and beauty so deeply that it is life changing.

FOR COLORED GIRLS... Comes to Lakewood Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Apr 23, 2025

Lakewood Playhouse will present Ntozake Shange's land-mark choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. Learn more about the show here!

Davalois Fearon Dance To Premiere UP/RIGHT At Vision Festival 2025
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 22, 2025

Davalois Fearon Dance will premiere Up/right at the 2025 Vision Festival, presented by ArtsForArts, with support from the Bronx Council on the Arts Cultural Vision Fund and Dance Fund.

Crossroads Theatre Reveals New Play Lineup for GENESIS FESTIVAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 25, 2025

The Tony Award Winning Crossroads Theatre Company will celebrate 35 years of black stories with a lineup of new plays from a multigenerational cohort of new and established writers. Learn more!

Crossroads Partners With Columbia University on New MFA Playwriting Award
by Stephi Wild - Mar 13, 2025

The Tony Award winning Crossroads Theatre Company is expanding its acclaimed Genesis Festival of New Voices and New Plays with a new award in partnership with Columbia University School of the Arts.

WAM Theatre Announces 2025 Performance Season
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 26, 2025

WAM Theatre has announced their 2025 Season. WAM Theatre’s 2025 Season underscores the power, impact, and urgency of women’s leadership in the arts. The performance season includes Cry It Out, Rooted, Where We Stand, Alien Girls, and the Regional Premiere of Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous. 

Cast Set for TRU Voices New Musicals Reading Series Presentation Of AMÉRICA TROPICAL
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 1, 2025

Theater Resources Unlimited is bringing back the TRU Voices New Musical Reading Series with a presentation of América Tropical produced by Prince fellowship recipient Jamila Ponton Bragg. Learn more about the cast here!

Cast Set for THE ADVENTURES OF ORLANDO AND VIRGINIA at The Acting Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 30, 2025

The Acting Company has revealed the cast for their reading of The Adventures of Orlando and Virginia, adapted and directed by Kevin Kuhlke inspired by the novel Orlando and the life of Virginia Woolf.

BLUES IN THE NIGHT to Open at Arizona Theatre Company in January
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 13, 2025

Arizona Theatre Company will welcome in 2025 with the Tony Award- nominated musical Blues in the Night by Sheldon Epps. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.