Chautauqua Theater Company announced its 2026 season, featuring a commissioned world premiere, new play workshops, and the opening of the Roe Green Theater Center, a dedicated space for new play development and artist training.
Performances are now underway for August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone on Broadway! The show recently extended, and will now play through Sunday, July 19. Meet the cast here!
The Flea Theater is launching its year-round Production Commission and Space Grant programs, reinforcing its commitment to supporting experimental artists and the development of original performance work by Black, brown, and queer voices.
The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust announced the names of the two outstanding early-to-mid-career playwrights who will be celebrated with 2025 Steinberg Playwright Awards.
Running from 7-30 August 2026, this year's Edinburgh International Festival will present 24 days of world-class performances selected for their artistic and cultural resonance across opera, theatre, music and dance.
The Apollo announced that The Fire This Time Festival, the Obie-Award-winning theater festival celebrating playwrights of African and African American descent, will make its permanent home at The Apollo Stages at The Victoria.
The Flea has announced the full cast for the Apollo Theater’s presentation of The Flea’s national tour of HANG TIME, written and directed by Zora Howard.
Page 73 has announced 12 semifinalists for the 2026 Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship: Benjamin Benne, Kate Cortesi, Alexa Derman, Ryan Drake, JuCoby Johnson, Aditya Joshi, Chad Kaydo, Adin Lenahan, Dhari Noel, Abigail C. Onwunali, Anike Sonuga, and Mallory Jane Weiss.
Additional casting has been announced for August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone on Broadway, starring Taraji P. Henson and Cedric “The Entertainer”. Learn more here!
The 2025 Black Theatre Alliance Awards have announced nominations celebrating excellence in Chicago’s African American theatre community. The ceremony will take place October 27, 2025, at the Beverly Arts Center and honor ILesia Duncan with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Peacedale Global Arts is thrilled to announce playwright Zora Howard has been selected as the inaugural Arthur Kopit Fellow. The Arthur Kopit Fellowship is a year-long residency that includes a cash prize of $10,000, a seat in Peacedale Global Arts' New Work, NY Generative Workshop program with international artists, and additional artistic support.
Concord Theatricals has announced the six winning plays of the 2025 Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, which will be published by Samuel French in the 50th Off Off Broadway Festival Plays anthology. The winning playwrights were selected from over 750 submissions worldwide.
The Apollo has revealed its Fall/Winter 2025 season of performances, exhibitions, and community programs, including commissions, presentations, and more. Learn more!
The Concord Theatricals Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival has revealed this year's honorary OOB Festival playwrights. Learn more about the festival here!
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced Tony-nominated playwright Bess Wohl as the 2025-26 recipient of MTC’s Judith Champion Playwriting Fellowship, which is awarded annually.
ArtsEmerson has announced its 2025/26 Season, featuring nine live stage events in its 15th anniversary year. Learn more about the full upcoming lineup here!
Chautauqua Theater Company has unveiled its full 2025 Season, featuring a dynamic lineup of mainstage productions and new play workshops. This year's season builds on CTC's legacy of bold storytelling and artistic innovation that reflect the evolving landscape of American theater.
Zora Howard’s BUST: AN AFROCURRENTIST PLAY opens with a mystery. In Huntsville, Alabama, Retta (Caroline Stefanie Clay) and Reggie (Ray Anthony Thomas) witness an all too familiar interaction between their friend Randy (Keith Randolph Smith) and two police officers — Tomlin (Mark Bedard) and Ramirez (Jorge Luna). But in the wake of Randy’s rage at the officers, something mysterious and surprising happens...keeping him safe from harm. It’s tough to write about the specifics of BUST because to reveal some of the play's secrets is to ruin the mystery for audiences. But Howard’s set-up essentially asks the question: What happens when Black rage is repackaged into a magical force and potentially one to keep the person experiencing it safe?
The Flea will launch a national tour for their world-premiere production of HANG TIME, by Zora Howard, which originally ran at The Flea in Spring 2023. See upcoming tour dates and learn more here!
Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s The Listeners will the Lyric Opera of Chicago stage beginning Sunday, March 30 for a limited run of five performances.
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