The League of Chicago Theatres has awarded the first Samuel G. Roberson Jr. Resident Fellowship to playwright Kristiana Rae Colón and Congo Square Theatre to fund a one-year residency for Colón at the theatre.
The Obie Award winning The Fire This Time Festival (TFTT), in collaboration with FRIGID New York, launches its inaugural Alumni Spotlight through a virtual presentation of four performance works written by award-winning queer African-American playwright/performer Roger Q. Mason (he/they) during their time as a resident of TFTT or shortly thereafter.
The Cunningham Commission for Youth Theatre was established at The Theatre School to honor the memory of the Rev. Donald Cunningham, a Chicago priest, playwright, and lover of theatre. The Cunningham Commission was established by an endowment gift from the Cunningham family and is presented annually. Playwrights from the Chicagoland area and alumni of The Theatre School are eligible to apply each year.
Chicago Dramatists has announced its winter line up of writing courses! All classes this session will be held online, via Zoom, and we are offering an array of new classes.
Page 73 has announced 13 semi-finalists for the Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship. Page 73 has selected Bleu Beckford-Burrell, Lyndsey Bourne, Steph Del Rosso, Jahna Ferron-Smith, Marvin González De León, Dylan Guerra, Majkin Holmquist, Emma Horwitz, Jessica Huang, Roger Q. Mason, April Ranger, Andrew Siañez-De La O, and Haygen-Brice Walker.
American Blues Theater, under the continued leadership of Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside, presents two live, online readings of Alma, winner of the 2019 Blue Ink Playwriting Award, written by Benjamin Benne and directed by Ana Velazquez as part of 'The Room' series.
Organic Theater Company has announced that Stephanie Sullivan has taken over as the new Managing Director of Organic Theater Company. Joshua Anderson, who served as the Managing Director of Organic for the last six years, is now the Finance Director for the company, as well as focusing more on directing and working on his starring role as New Dad.
Goodman Theatre's commitment to new work and commissioning emerging artists continues as four Chicago-based writers are announced as the 2020/2021 Playwrights Unit.
WP THEATER has announced the 15 artists selected for the 2020-2022 WP Lab. The two-year residency begins now and culminates with the biennial WP Pipeline Festival.
In celebration of Hispanic American Heritage Month, Adventure Theatre MTC will discuss developing new plays for Young Audiences with Playwright Alvaro Saar Rios and Director and Playwright Elena Valesco. This special bilingual Storytime will be presented in both Spanish and English.
Chicago Dramatists, one of the nation's premiere centers for developing new plays for stage and screen, is announcing that Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer of NBC's The Office) will be the celebrity host of its annual fundraising gala, La nuit d'amour dramatique, Saturday, August 29 at 7:00 p.m. The event celebrates dramatic writers and the love affair audiences have with fictional characters they create. This year's event will focus on the story behind the story, taking a deep look at what was going on in the writers' mind when creating characters.
Ink'dWell by E.E. Adams has been announced as the winner of the 2020-2021 New Light New Voices Award.a??
Chicago Dramatists invites you to the online reading of Richard Gustin's new play A Sparrow Falls on Saturday, July 25 at 2:00pm (CST), presented by the Ubiquitous Players.
Premiere Stages will present two screenings of Rohina Malik's critically-acclaimed solo show Unveiled via Zoom webinar on Wednesday, July 8. In this incredibly topical one-woman show, Ms. Malik plays five Muslim women navigating complex social issues in a post 9/11 world.
Chicago Dramatists has been a cornerstone of Chicago's vibrant theatre and screenwriting scene for 40 years, and is now offering two new Screenwriting courses this summer! And for a limited time we'll be offering a 20% discount! These courses are perfect for any writer interested in writing for the incredible medium of film. Register now, and bring your story to the silver screen.
TimeLine Theatre Company has announced that four new playwrights have joined its Playwrights Collective, the company's new play incubator.
Chicago Dramatists has been a pillar of Chicago's vibrant theatre scene for over 40 years; proudly nurturing theatrical voices through classes in playwriting, screenwriting, musical theatre, and performance.
Chicago Dramatists has been a pillar of Chicago's vibrant theatre scene for over 40 years; proudly nurturing theatrical voices through classes in playwriting, screenwriting, musical theatre, and performance.
Los Angeles-based Echo Theater Company, dedicated to creating new work for the theater, has announced the nine writers who will participate in the company's 2020 Playwrights Lab.
Chicago Dramatists has announced its summer line up of writing courses! All classes this summer session will be held online, via Zoom, and they are offering a record number of new classes. For the summer session, they are offering a 20% discount on select classes, when students use promo code SummerQuarter20 at checkout. This offer is only good when applied before June 8. (The courses that make use of this discount are specified below).
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