Maria Rosario Jackson Steps Down From NEA
Her last day as chairman of the federal arts endowment was Jan. 20, the day of President Trump's second inauguration.
View ArticleCygnet Theatre to Open New Performing Arts Center, The Joan
This fall the San Diego company will kick off a new season in a renovated historic navy building in the town's Liberty Station arts district.
View ArticleJoyce Piven: Listening and Transformation
2 women whose lives were touched by the legendary director and teacher, who died on Jan. 18 at age 94, give her tribute.
View ArticlePeople to Watch: Brian Stokes Mitchell
The versatile actor-singer talks about theoretical physics, his childhood mentors, and Jacob Collier.
View ArticlePlay On Names Taylor Bailey Interim Exec Director
He takes over for co-founder and former president Dr. Lue Douthit.
View ArticleCarly DiFulvio Allen Named Managing Director of Syracuse Stage
Currently associate general manager at Disney Theatrical Group, she'll start at the Central New York theatre on March 1.
View ArticleUSA Fellows, BTC Scholarships, Farm Theater Commission, and More
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
View ArticleJordan Harrison’s Emotional Sci-Fi
His new play 'The Antiquities' offers a kind of history of our post-human future, while a new collection of his plays suggests some common themes.
View ArticleCarolina Theatre to Reopen After 50 Years
Nearly a century old, the Charlotte theatre will focus on civic and artistic gatherings.
View Article1st Stage Launches Directors’ Residency and Commission
The program addresses the dearth of graduate-level directing programs in the D.C. region.
View ArticleLou Moreno Steps Down as INTAR Artistic Director
Producing director Nidia Medina will succeed him upon his departure in June.
View ArticleThis Month in Theatre History
Eugene O'Neill's first full-length drama, Jane Fonda's Broadway debut, the founding of 2 Canadian arts mainstays, and more.
View ArticleWhat We Owe the Dead
A poet/playwright reflects on the disturbing, arresting lessons of the Greek plays she’s wrestled with for much of her career.
View ArticleNew NEA Guidelines Require Compliance With Trump’s Anti-DEI, Anti-Trans Orders
Other updates include a cancellation of Challenge America grants and a new emphasis on patriotic 'America250' projects.
View ArticleThe Colony Theatre’s Barbara Beckley: Integrity, Generosity, Attention to Detail
She knew every subscriber to her L.A. theatre by name, and she was no less inviting to artists.
View ArticleLessons From Kosovo for Theatre in Times of Uncertainty
Theatre in Kosovo—state-sanctioned and safe during the Soviet era, scrappy in the war years—offers models both cautionary and instructive for U.S. theatres facing headwinds.
View ArticleOffscript: What Mfoniso Udofia and Awoye Timpo Find in ‘The Grove’
This month we speak to the playwright and director of a new play at the Huntington, and check in with NY Times critic at large Maya Phillips.
View ArticlePhillip Fazio Named Naples Players Artistic Director
He joins CEO and executive artistic director Bryce Alexander in leading the organization.
View ArticleNew Audience Behavior Study Shows Promising Signs
More patrons are buying fewer tickets, new ticket buyers are a growing demographic, and other takeaways from a new report by JCA Performing Arts.
View ArticleJennifer Haley’s ‘Froggy’: Cutscenes and In-Game Action
The author of ‘The Nether’ wrote her new play in graphic-novel form, and now it’s getting a multimedia staging at CenterREP.
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