Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Stamp Me by American Theatre Editors

Yussef El Guindi's short play follows Ahmed as he waits in line to get his passport stamped.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM

My Body, Your Body (Where you from?) by Gabriela

In this poem, Antu Yacob explores where she's from.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM

Husks from Iran by Gabriela

An excerpt from the script of a new work involving puppetry and projections.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM

Queens by American Theatre Editors

An excerpt from Martyna Majok's play, slated for a new Manhattan Theatre Club production this fall.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM

in your hands, american theatres by Gabriela

A poem by our digital editor, a Brazilian artist, is this summer's editor's letter within our Immigrant Imaginations issue.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM
Monday, August 25, 2025

What Educator James Ijames is Bringing to Columbia by American Theatre Editors

This month: a Pulitzer-winning playwright readies for his next challenge, plus educators offer tips as they head back to school.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:43AM
Friday, August 22, 2025

The House That George Built by American Theatre Editors

George C. White, founder of the influential Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, who died on Aug. 6 at the age of 89, played a central role in the last 6 decades of American playwriting.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:12AM
Thursday, August 21, 2025

Open Door Arts Launches National Arts Accessibility Hub by American Theatre Editors

The first-of-its-kind free digital platform offers tools and guidance to help cultural institutions become more inclusive.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:42PM
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Dialogues Across Difference, Both Here and Abroad by American Theatre Editors

Our field, and our current issue, continue to remind us: We have the mans to create connection in divisive times.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:20PM

Featured Contributors by American Theatre Editors

A report on the state of artists' visas, and a look at pathbreaking work in the Global South.

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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

Kira Obolensky’s Body of Work and Life  by Gabriela

The Minneapolis-based playwright discusses the importance of intentional audience engagement in diverse and unconventional theatre spaces.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM
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.

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

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

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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

Islands of Disorder by Gabriela

Lessons from the Global South on fugitivity and world-making in the face of empire.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:40AM
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.

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