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Cincinnati Opera announced GOOD BONES, a new opera from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Abels and playwright James Ijames, as the third work in The Black Opera Project trilogy, set to premiere at Cincinnati Music Hall.
The historical and still-ongoing revelations about the children that Thomas Jefferson had with his slave woman Sally Hemmings has justifiably created a reevaluation of Thomas Jeferson’s image and reputation---as one can discover in Suzan-Lori Parks’ probing play Sally & Tom currently playing at Bethesda’s Round House Theatre.
Yale Repertory Theatre has revealed its 2026-27 season. 2026-27 kicks off with August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom in October, and will be followed by world premieres and more.
The Drama League has revealed the twenty-five stage directors receiving the 2026 fellowships, assistantships, residencies, and exchange opportunities collectively known as The Directors Project.
Just weeks ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary, Round House Theatre has announced the regional premiere of Sally & Tom, a play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks.
Lyric Opera of Chicago has completed its sold-out world premiere run of safronia, the landmark new opera by Chicago’s inaugural Poet Laureate avery r. young at the historic Lyric Opera House. See photos here!
Court Theatre has unveiled its 72nd season. The 2026/27 season will feature the American premiere of Winsome Pinnock’s Tituba, set in colonial Salem against the backdrop of the infamous witch trials, and more.
Today’s subject Jefferson A. Russell is currently living the theatre life onstage at Folger Theatre playing the roles of Duke Senior and Duke Frederick in their current production of As You Like It. The production runs through April 19th.
Watch a first look video of JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE at Syracuse Stage, running March 11–29, 2026, with cast, creative team, and event details.
The new vision of As You Like It at Folger Theatre feels both timeless and unmistakably local – a Shakespearean comedy that rings true not just in the marble halls of Washington, but in the city’s living, breathing neighborhoods.
Folger Theatre has shared its first production photos of As You Like It, which began previews at the Folger Shakespeare Library on March 10. Check out the photos here!
Syracuse Stage will continue its 25/26 season with August Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” the powerful, masterpiece from the playwright’s monumental American Century Cycle.
Village Theatre has announced its 2026–2027 Mainstage Season, featuring the musicals RAGTIME, COME FROM AWAY, and DEAR EVAN HANSEN, the mystery AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie, and the world premiere musical comedy LOVE IS DEAD.
Lyric Opera of Chicago is presenting the world premiere of safronia, a landmark musical composition commissioned from Chicago’s first Poet Laureate, the interdisciplinary artist avery r. young.
Folger Theatre announced the cast and creative team of William Shakespeare's As You Like It, on stage at the Folger's Elizabethan-style Theatre on Capitol Hill from March 10 through April 12, 2026.
The Drama League has opened the 2026-2027 applications for The Directors Project, its acclaimed suite of Fellowships, Residencies, and Assistantships for emerging and established stage directors. Learn how to apply!
Throughout June, many Chicago theatres are presenting productions that encourage and celebrate Pride Month and Juneteenth. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
DCPA's final show before the summer, The Hot Wing King, brings the 24-25 season to a spicy close, though it is sure to leave you wanting more. Directed by Timothy Douglas and written by Katori Hall, the show is one female playwright's love letter to queer Black men based in her own hometown of Memphis.
McCarter Theatre Center will conclude its 2024–2025 season with Primary Trust, the tender and widely acclaimed play by Eboni Booth, winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Chicago Opera Theater (COT), Chicago's foremost producer of new and rarely staged operas, proudly presents the world premiere of She Who Dared by acclaimed composer/librettist duo Jasmine Arielle Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton.
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