Karamu House Named Affiliate Company of Playhouse Square
The historically Black theatre will retain its home in Cleveland's Fairfax District.
View ArticleGenée Coreno Named WAM Theatre Artistic Director
Coreno succeeds co-founding producing artistic director Kristen van Ginhoven, who is stepping away after 14 years.
View ArticleThe Only Constant Is Change
As TCG's executive director leaves, she reflects on 17 years distinguished by transformation, upheaval, and new opportunities to connect.
View ArticleKnow a Theatre: PURE Theatre of Charleston, S.C.
A small, sturdy theatre with a focus on new work, PURE's ace in the hole is its adventurous audience, who've followed them to various venues over the years.
View ArticleHow Queer Black Church Energy Is ‘Delivered’T’
Jonathan Norton's new play, opening soon in Dallas and Louisville, finds the comedy and pathos in usher board culture.
View ArticleJoan Holden: Disarmingly Funny, Fiercely Political
The longtime playwright for San Francisco Mime Troupe delivered keen, freewheeling, up-to-the-minute satire as progressive as it was populist.
View ArticleNicole A. Watson Named Playwrights’ Center Producing Artistic Director
Watson comes to Playwrights' Center from the McCarter Theatre Center.
View Article‘Warrior Sisters of Wu’: Humor and Ferocity on the Eve of War
Damon Chua's new play at Pan Asian Rep retells a portion of a Chinese epic that follows the badass icons Wan and Qing.
View Article‘Between Two Knees’: Between Slaughter and Laughter
This raucous remix of Native American history by the 1491s, co-creators of 'Reservation Dogs,' is now onstage in NYC after a 6-year journey across the U.S.
View ArticleLisa Portes Named Chair of UCSD Theatre and Dance Dept.
The acclaimed director, a co-founder of the Latinx Theatre Commons, has relocated from Chicago to California for the job.
View ArticleMarc Masterson to Retire As City Theatre’s Co-Artistic Director
He'll leave the Pittsburgh company in June, capping a 45-year career which emphasized new-play development at various theatres, including South Coast Rep and Actors Theatre of Louisville.
View ArticleCynthia Levin to Retire From Unicorn Theatre
The producing artistic director has been with Unicorn since 1979.
View ArticleChita Rivera: Icon, Ancestor, Force, and Presence
A successor in the legendary role of Anita recalls her confidence-building encounter with the Broadway legend.
View ArticleHome Truths: 3 Plays With a Sense of Place
A daughter's grief memoir on a Wisconsin farm, an Ireland-set comedy with roles for a large Santa Cruz ensemble, and a mall drama set in Portland.
View ArticleArizona Theatre Company’s 2-City Comeback
The theatre was stabilizing after a rough decade, and then Covid hit, offering fresh challenges and opportunities, including a move to a new venue.
View ArticleHow ‘Becoming a Man’ Is Becoming a Play
In staging his 2020 memoir about his transmasculine journey, he's incorporating new lessons and context, and doubling down on the love story.
View ArticleTina Howe: A Celebration
A dramaturg and director who was fortunate enough to work with her reexamines her underrated legacy.
View ArticleFountain Theatre Artistic Director Stephen Sachs to Retire
The L.A. theatre's co-founder, a busy writer and director both at his company and elsewhere, will step down at the end of the year.
View ArticleArtistic Director Brandon Carter to Leave American Shakespeare Center
The theatre's first leader of color, who has acted with the company since 2018, will step down after 4 years in the position.
View ArticleEric Keen-Louie Named Artistic Producing Director at La Jolla Playhouse
Previously the theatre's executive producer, he will join the leadership team alongside artistic director Christopher Ashley and managing director Debby Buchholz.
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