The Public Theater News

Six American playwrights have won a total of $150,000 as the 2020 winners of The New York Community Trust's Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting. The winners are Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Kimber Lee, Donja R. Love, Mona Mansour, Diana Oh, and Sung Rno.

As part of BroadwayWorld's ever-expanding commitment to including even more of the community in creating content and amplifying important and diverse voices, we're excited to announce that we're bringing one of the must-watch broadcasts from Instagram onto BroadwayWorld TV- Chaos Twins.

 Joe's Pub, a program of The Public Theater, continues JOE'S PUB LIVE!, its free series of live-streamed and archived performances from their iconic stage in New York City. Designed to facilitate social connection during this time of physical distancing, Joe's Pub will share multiple events with audiences worldwide each week.

The African-American Shakespeare Company debuts its new online series of talk-backs in a format remiscent of The Actor's Studio with James Lipton.

Tune in right here at 7:30pm to watch The 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards and check back for a full list of winners, updating live!

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center has announced the 12th weekly line-up of its new global series, SEGAL TALKS, which was conceived, created and curated by Frank Hentschker in March 2020. 

TimeLine Theatre Company has announced that four new playwrights have joined its Playwrights Collective, the company's new play incubator.

Joe's Pub, a program of The Public Theater, continues JOE'S PUB LIVE!, its free series of live-streamed and archived performances from their iconic stage in New York City. Designed to facilitate social connection during this time of physical distancing, Joe's Pub will share events with audiences worldwide each Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8PM.

Classic Stage Company (CSC; Artistic Director, John Doyle) today announced a new lineup of participants in the free online version of its signature series Classic Conversations, hosted by John Doyle and focused on Doyle's highly anticipated, postponed production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins. 

National New Play Network, the country's alliance of professional theaters that collaborate in innovative ways to develop, produce, and extend the life of new plays, announces the winner of the 2020 Smith Prize for Political Theater: Vickie Ramirez.

Artists from the Public Theater have created a video performing 'Ring of Keys' from Fun Home in honor of pride month!

Actors from the Public Theater, Broadway, National Tour and West End productions of FUN HOME will reunite for a live, online Q&A to benefit The Actors Fund.

The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center today announced the appointment of Meiyin Wang as Producing Director, starting this June. Under the executive leadership of Artistic Director Bill Rauch and President Leslie Koch, Wang will manage all artistic programming for the new performing arts organization.

New York theaters are opening their lobbies as a safe space for protesters seeking rest, food, water, bathrooms, and electrical outlets. Today, the @OpenYourLobby account has shared a map of the locations of the theaters that will be open today for protesters.

In light of recent events and to stand in solidarity with the Black community, Joe's Pub, a program of The Public Theater, announced modifications to their programming for JOE'S PUB LIVE!, its free series of live-streamed and archived performances from their iconic stage in New York City.

As protests against police brutality continue in and around New York, many theatre spaces are opening their doors to provide safe spaces for protesters seeking respite from the demonstrations.

Joe's Pub, a program of The Public Theater, continues JOE'S PUB LIVE!, its free series of live-streamed and archived performances from their iconic stage in New York City.

Today, our Behind the Curtain interview is with Noah Dunton, Front of House staff member and emergency assistant at The Public Theater.

The Onassis Foundation presents Week 6 of ENTER, their series of new works commissioned from artists in various parts of the world, created in their homes in 120 hours or less and drawing on experiences through the COVID-19 pandemic and its many transformations of life as we know it. 

The Public Theater has announced the postponement of the We Are One Public virtual event, which was set to broadcast tonight, June 1. A new date will be announced in the coming weeks.