The Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) and HowlRound Theatre Commons have announced that the Latinx Theatre Commons will sunset its work as a flagship program of HowlRound as of 1 July 2025 and will operate independently.
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has revealed key dates for the third annual Dorian Theater Awards, set to honor Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of the 2024-2025 season.
GALECA has announced key dates and new categories for the 2nd Dorian Theater Awards, set to honor Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of the 2023-2024 season.
Keen Co Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein announced new guests for upcoming evenings of the FREE event, Keen After Hours: Heidi Armbruster & Paul Niebanck, who share the distinction of working on the most Keen productions, on April 5th, joining the previously announced Nick Blaemire tonight, March 22nd followed by Dan Domingues on March 29th.
Keen Company has announced new guests for upcoming evenings of the popular FREE event, Keen After Hours: Brian Eugenio Herrera on March 15th, Nick Blaemire on March 22nd and Dan Domingues on March 29th, joining the previously announced Thomas Jay Ryan (March 1st) and Jennifer Ashley Tepper (March 8th). Keen After Hours is free and open to all.
The Drama League has announced the formation of its first Directors Council, featuring nationally-renowned directors Daniel Banks, Melia Bensussen, Christopher Burris, Jillian Carucci, Jennifer Chang, Desdemona Chiang, R.J. Cutler, Estefanía Fadul, Raz Golden, Brian Eugenio Herrera, Adam Immerwahr, Gwynn MacDonald, Tony Phelan and more.
Broadway's smash hit Hamilton: An American Musical has undoubtedly ignited a revival of interest in early American history, but where does history end and theater begin? On Wednesday, April 3, 2019 from 6 - 8 p.m., the Museum of the American Revolution will host an evening panel discussion on balancing artistic license with historical accuracy, and how theater professionals and historians can work together to inspire new generations of audiences through storytelling.
Continuing with its mission to support Latin@/x playwrights, the 50 Playwrights Project (50PP) has released its second annual list of recommended unproduced Latin@/x plays. Dubbed The 50PP List, it is comprised of eight production-ready plays by Latin@/x playwrights.
Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA; Jeffrey Horowitz, Founding Artistic Director) is pleased to announce 2017 programming for Open Books, its series of conversations with the authors of some of American theatre's most acclaimed new books. Jonathan Kalb, TFANA's Resident Literary Advisor and Dramaturg, curates and moderates these free public talks.
On Monday, April 18th, McCarter Theatre Center and Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts will host a symposium commemorating the 20th anniversary of August Wilson's seminal speech, "The Ground on Which I Stand," delivered in 1996 from the stage of the McCarter's Matthew's Theatre addressing questions of race, diversity, and cultural identity in the American Theater.
The George Jean Nathan Award Committee has chosen two recipients of the 2014-15 prize for the year's best work in dramatic criticism. Brian Eugenio Herrera is receiving the award for his book Latin Numbers: Playing Latino in Twentieth-Century U.S. Popular Performance (University of Michigan, 2015). Chris Jones has been chosen for his work as theater critic for the Chicago Tribune.