Sideshow Theatre Company Announces 2022 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 9, 2022
Sideshow Theatre Company announced its 2022 season featuring the world premiere of Artistic Associate Brynne Frauenhoffer’s brash, incisive comedy Pro-Am, directed by Artistic Director Regina Victor, and a staged reading of Preston Choi's sci-fi post-apocalyptic dramedy Drive-In at the End of the World, directed by Artistic Associate Marti Lyons.
The Playwrights Realm Presents Interactive Fundraiser PLAY ON WORDS
by Stephi Wild - Mar 8, 2022
The Playwrights Realm (Founding Artistic Director, Katherine Kovner; Producing Director, Roberta Pereira) presents Play on Words, a one-night live-streamed festival of short new plays that culminates an initiative in which donors get to have a hand in writing and creating work (March 28 at 7pm ET).
L.A. Premiere Of HOODED, OR BEING BLACK FOR DUMMIES Explores Racial Identity, Privilege and Pop Culture At The Echo
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 3, 2022
The Echo Theater Company presents an irreverent, darkly funny coming-of-age story that explores racial identity, privilege and pop culture with insight, passion and biting humor. Ahmed Best directs the Los Angeles premiere of Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies by rising-star playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, set to open March 12 for a six-week run through April 18. Three “pay what you want” previews take place on March 9, March 10 and March 11.
Adelphi PAC To Stage Girls Soccer Team Drama THE WOLVES
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 27, 2021
Students from Adelphi University's Department of Theatre will bring Sarah DeLappe's contemporary play 'The Wolves' to the Adelphi Performing Arts Center (PAC) Black Box stage from Tuesday, October 5 through Sunday, October 10.
The Playwrights Realm Announces Revamped Community Programming
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 16, 2021
As The Playwrights Realm's 15th anniversary Restart Season continues, its community programming, which last season offered 40 free workshops and classes to over 1,200 attendees, will continue to play a key role in its mission to support playwrights and the theater community at large, with the primary goal of offering visible paths toward improving all forms of access within the industry.
New Dates Announced for World Premiere Of Chiara Atik's POOR CLARE
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 9, 2021
The Echo Theater Company's world premiere production of Poor Clare will open in October, 19 months after the originally scheduled March, 2020 opening that was shuttered by the pandemic. Echo associate artistic director Alana Dietze (Dry Land, The Wolves) is back at the helm of Chiara Atik's powerful and very funny modern spin on the medieval story of Saint Clare of Assisi.
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Announces Marti Lyons as its New Artistic Director
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 12, 2021
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company has announced Marti Lyons as artistic director. Lyons assumes this role effective immediately. Lyons was selected after a national search led by ALJP Consulting, with a search committee composed of select staff, Core Ensemble members, Board members and representatives of the local community.
Student Blog: The Future of Theatre...?
by Student Blogger: Jaclyn Hansen - Mar 11, 2021
It has officially been an entire year since the world shut down and the pandemic altered the way our society functions. It feels as if all of this madness had only just begun a few months ago. I remember being on my spring break last year receiving the unfortunate email stating that school would be moved online for the remainder of the spring semester. It was as if time had stopped and the only thought on my mind was: “What’s next?”
Wilma Theater Announces World Premiere Digital Production Of James Ijames' FAT HAM
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 24, 2021
The ghost of Juicy's dad haunts him and asks for revenge - on Juicy's uncle, who has now married his widowed mom. Sound familiar? The Wilma Theater has announced the world premiere digital production of James Ijames' FAT HAM, a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's HAMLET, set in the American South.
New York Stage and Film Announces NEXUS Initiative Artist Grants
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 16, 2021
New York Stage and Film has committed $100,000 to their new NEXUS Initiative that brings together 20 multihyphenate artists to explore the question “where does story exist at the intersection of stage and film?” Each participant receives $5,000 and will take part in a series of conversations focused on new and expanded forms of storytelling.