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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

TCG Announces 2025 Fall Forum on Governance by American Theatre Editors

TCG’s annual governance convening will return to New York City to build collective power and future-ready boards with the theme of “Leadership for the Long Arc.”

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:11PM

Bringing It ‘Home’ by American Theatre Editors

With a play about homelessness at various non-theatrical locations, Out of Hand Theater created a useful fiction for real-life Atlantans.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:15AM
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Theatre Washington Announces Theatre Week 2025 by American Theatre Editors

Theatres in the Washington, D.C. region will celebrate the launch of the theatre season with discounted tickets to over 20 productions and free community events, from Sept. 18 to Oct. 5.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:23AM
Monday, August 18, 2025

The Floods Came for Milwaukee Rep at ‘Worst Possible Time’ by American Theatre Editors

A new production facility in a nearby suburb was devastated by water damage, even as the theatre's main downtown complex is on track to unveil a new renovation.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:17PM
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Robert Wilson’s Vision: Both Singular and Capacious by American Theatre Editors

A colleague recalls how the director’s beautiful, internally cohesive dreamscapes expanded her concept of what theatre can do.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:51PM

Kristoffer Diaz’s Mystery Play and AT’s Immigrant Issue by American Theatre Editors

This month we talk to the playwright and director Dexter Bullard, who's helming his new play, and we check in with two contributors to our Summer edition.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:10PM

NAMT Grants, PlayGround Company Members, Henry Awards by American Theatre Editors

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:50PM
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Axes of Evil Disrupt ‘The Sit-In Experience’ by American Theatre Editors

A new immersive performance at Stage Aurora Theatrical Company puts audience members in the thick of a historical Jacksonville event.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:06PM

Chasing the Cool at Williamstown Theatre Festival by American Theatre Editors

This year's gathering in the Berkshires took big swings with mixed results, but its greatest successes may have been in the buzz and chatter it created among festivalgoers.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:07PM
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Foreign Aid Cuts Hit Close to Home for This NYC Theatre by American Theatre Editors

Bond Street Theatre, which takes theatre into refugee camps and prisons overseas, has had programs cancelled—but they're regrouping, fundraising, and even bringing some of their work home.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:49PM
Thursday, August 7, 2025

Ozzie Rodriguez, La MaMa’s Archivist, Lived the History He Curated by American Theatre Editors

A key figure in New York's experimental scene in his own right, he devoted himself with passion and rigor to preserving La MaMa's path-breaking heritage for succeeding generations.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:11AM
Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Leadership Changes at TFANA, Roundabout, Studio, NYU Tisch, Court by American Theatre Editors

A roundup of comings and goings at the top of U.S. theatre institutions.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:40PM

Know a Theatre: The Warehouse Theatre of Greenville, S.C. by American Theatre Editors

With 150 seats and a budget just under $1 million, this Upstate company stages contemporary classics, classics that feel contemporary, and world premieres.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:19AM

This Month in Theatre History by American Theatre Editors

From a consequential HUAC hearing to the TikTok 'Ratatousical,' August has been a month of theatrical highs and lows.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:36AM

How We Know Aaron Burr Is Stuck: It’s in the Music by American Theatre Editors

The brilliance of 'Hamilton's' book and lyrics has been justly praised, but a new book argues for show's deft musical storytelling as well.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM
Saturday, August 2, 2025

Maybe, Maybe Not: A Casting Controversy and the Conversation It’s Started by American Theatre Editors

An Asian American theatremaker reflects on the intent and impact of Broadway’s ‘Maybe Happy Ending,’ and the precedent its latest casting decision may set.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM
Friday, August 1, 2025

Miami-Dade Budget Proposes Major Cuts to Arts Funding  by American Theatre Editors

Florida theatres urged their community to act, with $12.8 million of arts funding and its cultural affairs department at stake.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:44PM

Theatre Bay Area Announces 2025 Bay Area Theatre Week by American Theatre Editors

Bay Area theatre companies will offer free and low-price tickets to audiences in a region-wide celebration of live theatre.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:39PM

A Bold New Stage: Baylor New Play Initiative Champions the Next Generation of American Theatre by American Theatre Editors

Running Sept. 26-28, Baylor Theatre's inaugural festival creates a new national platform for original plays.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM
Thursday, July 31, 2025

Rachel Jendrzejewski: Someone Right There by American Theatre Editors

Colleagues and friends remember the playwright and multidimensional theatre artist, who died on July 14 at the age of 43.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:36PM
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

A Well-Being Workout in ‘The Happiness Gym’ by American Theatre Editors

Playwright Ken Weitzman's rolling world premiere centers a communal approach as audiences visit a curated happy place.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:19AM
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

John Conklin: Master of What If? by American Theatre Editors

As tireless as he was eccentric, this great designer pushed himself and his colleagues to dazzling heights, and his work was never done.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:34PM

A New-Play Fest Stands Alone by American Theatre Editors

The Contemporary American Theater Festival is now the only U.S. gathering of its kind that fully stages all its offerings—and that matters more now.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:25PM

Here, There, and Everywhere: An Immigrant Theatremakers Roundtable by American Theatre Editors

6 writers from abroad who make theatre in the U.S. reflect on their craft and careers in a cultural climate that feels freshly fraught and urgent.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM
Friday, July 25, 2025

How Do You Teach the Arts in a City of 180 Languages? by American Theatre Editors

At a convening earlier this year hosted by Lincoln Center Theater and the New York City Department of Education, tools and resources were offered for multilingual educators and learners.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM
Thursday, July 24, 2025

Michael Dinwiddie, Torchbearer of Black Theatre by American Theatre Editors

As a writer, professor, and advocate who led Black Theatre Network for some crucial years, he encouraged and inspired generations of theatremakers.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:23PM

Atlantic Commissions, Candela Fellows, Moody Grants, and More by American Theatre Editors

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:18PM

Children’s Theatre Company’s All-In Approach to Arts Education by American Theatre Editors

This month: a unique partnership between CTC and an elementary school, plus a check-in with teachers on time away from school.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:45PM

That’s (Political) Entertainment by American Theatre Editors

A playwright considers the challenges and rewards of writing for the moment.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Under the Radar Gives Glimpse of 2026 Programming by American Theatre Editors

The citywide festival, now curated in conjunction with several NYC presenters, has announced a partial slate of formally adventurous work.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:44PM
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Down to Earth Festival to Feature Global and Public Space Art by American Theatre Editors

Community organizations and advocates will celebrate outdoor and global performance in New York City parks and public spaces.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:26PM

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