Beckett's play about a woman living moment to moment in a pile of dirt is a natural fit, and a great lesson, for our pandemic isolation.
Linked From American Theatre at 10:59AMHow a trio of New York theatre workers joined forces to create Amplifying Activists Together, a weekly online gathering to advance progressive causes.
Linked From American Theatre at 05:59PMThe Virginia company, reeling from a tumultuous year, moves forward without the leader many company members say made it worse, Ethan McSweeny.
Linked From American Theatre at 12:13PMThe governor's plans allow the return of limited-capacity indoor performances starting in April, including one at a Broadway theatre.
Linked From American Theatre at 06:10PMStop Motion Plant's 'Window Plays' found a new way to bring audiences and performers together again, if only for a few minutes.
Linked From American Theatre at 05:29PMAn acclaimed director known for nurturing new work, she returns to a company that helped shape her, and that she in turn helped to shape.
Linked From American Theatre at 03:52PMLeading with laughter and love, they remain uncompromising about making room for their whole, uncontainable self.
Linked From American Theatre at 12:06PMBeyond Zoom readings, companies are finding new forms and collaborators, and reaching audiences far beyond any they could serve in person.
Linked From American Theatre at 11:48AMAs theatres eye fall reopenings, a new study shows reluctance to return to normal, while also noting online viewing patterns and support for anti-racist efforts.
Linked From American Theatre at 04:03PMFor 3 decades he led NYC's only theatre dedicated to making work with, about, and for the city's working class.
Linked From American Theatre at 03:14PMTheatre Horizon's Art Houses program partners with local families to devise virtual performances on their home turf.
Linked From American Theatre at 04:57PMDialogue is mostly a form of behavior and personal revelation usually accidental. Therein lies a drama, and a mystery.
Linked From American Theatre at 01:54PMThe playwright of 'The Vagrant Trilogy' will receive the $25,000 award from the National Arts Club in a virtual ceremony.
Linked From American Theatre at 03:58PMHe leaves behind an organization dedicated to nurturing new plays and playwrights; his replacement will be announced next month.
Linked From American Theatre at 01:58PMThe theatre field's unexamined standards and hierarchies are too frequently oppressive, exploitative, and white supremacist. Here's how we can change them.
Linked From American Theatre at 11:34AMLeaders at OSF and Woolly Mammoth will each receive $500,000 and will join a distinguished cohort of female leaders.
Linked From American Theatre at 11:57AMWe were lucky to know the scenic designer, but not as fortunate as he was to work so tirelessly and well at a job he loved for four decades.
Linked From American Theatre at 05:49PMThe season will consist of two play readings and a fall mainstage production from playwright Kim Senklip Harvey.
Linked From American Theatre at 03:28PMArtistic leaders at the Playwright Realm writers' service organization talk about how, when, and whether to send your work for consideration.
Linked From American Theatre at 03:26PMUndergraduate theatre programs join forces to combat artistic isolation and build creative community.
Linked From American Theatre at 09:00AMThe company will move forward with an actor-led model intended to echo the production process of Shakespeare's theatre.
Linked From American Theatre at 04:45PMArtists' Rep's new managing director wants to break down the silos in her workplace and in her art form too.
Linked From American Theatre at 04:39PMThe grants, ranging from $10,000 to $25,000, are going to support new work from BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ artists.
Linked From American Theatre at 12:00PMWhile Broadway awaits its return, nonprofits and new leaders should seize the chance to return the art form to a sense of service and risk.
Linked From American Theatre at 03:32PMNot content to simply stand as an example for so many others, she moved and lived and breathed a legacy into being.
Linked From American Theatre at 10:32AMThe season will feature virtual offerings on O! as well as onstage productions, including OSF's first winter season production.
Linked From American Theatre at 09:00AMThis month Brian talks with the playwright of 'The Moors' and 'Collective Rage' about how writing for TV inspired her write a novel about the theatre.
Linked From American Theatre at 12:05PMAn interactive web portal combines theatre and education in an effort to destigmatize mental illness.
Linked From American Theatre at 05:48PMEfforts like the Black Seed, the Drinking Gourd, Next Wave initiative, and the Sprinkle-Hamlin award are directing funding to develop work by Black artists.
Linked From American Theatre at 05:42PMA lifelong student and master storyteller, he knew exactly where to put the focus of his and our attention.
Linked From American Theatre at 05:49PMThis month the hosts talk to an award-winning colleague about gatekeeping and pandemic-era criticism.
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