Alice Childress News

Expand the Canon announced a debut monologue collection featuring 100+ classical pieces from plays by women between 1640 and 1987, spanning 34 playwrights across 15 countries, edited by Artistic Director Emily Lyon.

Studio Theatre in Washington, DC announced its 2026-2027 season, featuring works by Pulitzer Prize winners Sanaz Toossi, James Ijames, and Bess Wohl, alongside plays by Joshua Harmon and Alice Childress.

The Public Theater has announced the lineup for The Public’s Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 season. The season lineup will include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, plus works from James Ijames, Ryan J. Haddad, Richard Nelson, Taylor Mac, and more.

A Noise Within unveiled its 35th anniversary 2026-27 season, 'Those Better Angels,' featuring six classic plays including Come From Away, As You Like It, and more at its Pasadena theater.

Canadian Stage Company has announced its 2026–2027 season, featuring a mix of world premieres, returning productions, and large-scale revivals across four venues in Toronto.

Geffen Playhouse has unveiled five productions that will make up its 2026/2027 season lineup from Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director Tarell Alvin McCraney. The lineup will feature a mix of world, West Coast and Los Angeles premieres.

Black Theatre United (BTU) just announced the BTU Collective, a new wave of leadership within the organization. The BTU Collective is a dynamic collective of leaders, artists, and advocates committed to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion within the theater industry.

Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre will continue its Inside/Out performance series in early 2026 and will serve as company-in-residence at Columbia College Chicago’s Dance Center for its Spring Concert Series.

Atlanta is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for November 2025 include Hadestown and more.

 Fells Point Corner Theatre will present Trouble in Mind, Alice Childress’s razor-sharp play written in the 1950s and more urgent and resonant than ever today. Learn more here!

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.

Strife, a rarely produced play by Nobel Prize-winning writer and social activist John Galsworthy explores the complexities of labor relations, a theme that resonated with both Galsworthy and the Geer family of actors and theater directors. Here's my interview with Theatricum artistic director Ellen Geer about presenting it at Theatricum Botanicum.

Fells Point Corner Theatre has announced its 2025–2026 season in Baltimore, featuring Alice Childress’s Trouble in Mind, Claire Barron’s Dance Nation, and Christopher M. Walsh’s Miss Holmes Returns.

Performances of Wine in the Wilderness join the outdoor summer repertory “Season of Resilience” at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum beginning August 9 and continuing through October 12. Check out photos here!

From August 5 through August 14, Classic American Tales (CAT) will present three different events in two different Cape May locations: The historic Dormer House B&B and The Cape May Public Library. 

Performances of Alice Childress' Wine in the Wilderness have joined the outdoor summer repertory “Season of Resilience” at Will Geer Theatricum. Learn more!

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will present the world premiere of The Seagull: Malibu, an evocative retelling of Anton Chekhov’s timeless masterpiece as re-imagined by Theatricum artistic director Ellen Geer. Learn more.

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will present a new production of Strife by Nobel Prize-winning writer and social activist John Galsworthy. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival will present Kudzu Calling, written by Donnetta Lavinia Grays and directed by Kevin R. Free. Learn more about the upcoming production here!

The 2025 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed in 16 categories, with three honorary awards also bestowed. Big winners included Here There Are Blueberries, Three Houses, Vanya, and more. Check out photso from the red carpet here!