3 Portland, Ore. Companies Join to Form Cuomo Theatre Collaborative by American Theatre Editors

Named for Coho Productions' late artistic director, Philip Cuomo, the new collective also includes Third Rail Rep and Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble.

‘Clyde’s’ Is Most-Produced Play, and Lynn Nottage Most-Produced Playwright, of 2022-23 Season by American Theatre Editors

A mix of familiar and new titles, of challenge and comfort, characterizes this year's lists, the first this magazine has done since 2019.

November 2022

In My Body No Choice, Molly Smith’s final directorial venture for Arena Stage, eight of America’s most exciting female playwrights share what choice means to them, through the telling of…

October 2022

In My Body No Choice, Molly Smith’s final directorial venture for Arena Stage, eight of America’s most exciting female playwrights share what choice means to them, through the telling of…

7 Early Career Designers Receive 1/52 Project Grants by American Theatre Editors

Each of the inaugural recipients of these grants, designed to support a diverse pool of designers in all disciplines, will receive grants up to $15,000.

Producer Lamar Richardson Is Named 2022 Front Row Fellow by American Theatre Editors

The fellowship. designed to support young producers of color, grants the recipient a $10,000 stipend and a $20,000 budget to cover the costs of developing a new show.

Robert O’Hara Puts Nothing on a Pedestal, Least of All the Canon by American Theatre Editors

This busy writer-director, known for new works, is now staging 'A Raisin in the Sun' at the Public, but it's more a case of continuing a legacy of Black iconoclasm than a new career phase.

Arizona’s Stray Cat Asks: Can We Be the Change We Want to See? by American Theatre Editors

How a small theatre in Phoenix, now embarking on an all-BIPOC season, is challenging its local colleagues to do better.

15 Theatre Artists Among 129 MacDowell Resident Fellows by American Theatre Editors

This year's cohort, its first at full capacity since COVID, includes such familiar theatre names as Dave Malloy, Anne Washburn, and Sanaz Toossi.

Melis Aker Is Signature Theatre’s Inaugural LaunchPad Resident by American Theatre Editors

The residency includes two $15,000 commissions, a full production, a theatregoing stipend, a writing retreat, mentorship, and more.

Real Talk: Can Broadway Broaden Its Access and Impact? by American Theatre Editors

Broadway producers Ron Simons and Hunter Arnold talk about the changes they've seen (and been a part of) in their field, and point to the changes that are still needed.

A Capital Season by American Theatre Editors

Theatre folks from Alaska to Ohio to Misssissippi tell us where they're seeing the most change and what they'd like to see on a stage in the coming season.

HERE Announces New Digital Platform, URHERE by American Theatre Editors

Designed to provide access to innovative outdoor and digital premieres, as well as archival works from the HERE vault, it will launch in November.

David Ellenstein Named Interim Artistic Director of Laguna Playhouse  by American Theatre Editors

Currently artistic director of North Coast Rep in nearby Solano Beach, Ellenstein will also fill in at the Playhouse until they find a permanent replacement for Anne E. Wareham.

September 2022

Martyna Majok Is Sun Valley Playwright’s 2022-23 Resident by American Theatre Editors

The SVPR residency includes a $10,000 commission, 13 months of individually tailored development resources, and 2 months of retreat time in Idaho.

Jeanette Harrison Named New Artistic Director of Artists Rep by American Theatre Editors

Harrison will succeed Dámaso Rodríguez at the Oregon LORT theatre after serving 17 years as co-founder and artistic director of California's AlterTheater.

Long Wharf Takes the Off-Ramp to a New Future by American Theatre Editors

What does it mean for a venerable 57-year-old regional theatre to become itinerant? The answer matters beyond New Haven.

A More Intentional Era for American Regional Theatre  by American Theatre Editors

The itinerant experiment at Long Wharf Theatre can be a model for other theatres that have lost connection with their communities.

Jennifer Kidwell Knows What Time It Is by American Theatre Editors

The multidisciplinary Philly artist can't be pinned down, but she is never less than fiercely present. Her next collaborative piece: Tall Order's 'Those With 2 Clocks' at the Wilma.

September 2022

Penfold in the Park is back with a joyful reimagining of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream placing all 21 characters in the hands of 4 virtuosic performers for a free night of fun …

Theatrical Mustang: Poetry and Perception with jaamil olawale kosoko by American Theatre Editors

This month Woodzick talks to the multi-hyphenate, multi-spirited Nigerian American poet and performer about their new book 'Black Body Amnesia.'

Madeleine George Receives Hermitage Major Theater Award by American Theatre Editors

The award comes with a $35,000 cash prize to support an original work, along with a residency at the Hermitage and a developmental workshop of the play in a major arts capital in the fall of…

October 2022

Ghost Light returns! This free hybrid concert and ghost-story event weaves together local storytellers and musicians to share frighteningly fun tales from KC’s cultural crossroads that wil…

New Leadership Seals Penumbra’s Evolution Into Racial Healing Center by American Theatre Editors

The historic Minnesota org has added 3 new leaders: Chris Berry as arts director, Christine Smith as equity director, and Camille Cyprian as wellness director.

October 2022

Set in 17th century Rome, La Tofana’s Apothecary dutifully serves those who have nowhere else to turn. Three generations of women earn their keep by mixing potions to treat every ailment, …

How We Found the Musical That Found Us by American Theatre Editors

On the closing weekend of ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ its lead producer looks back at an unforgettable journey that opened a window into a mental health movement.

An America of Color and Complication in ‘The Great Jheri Curl Debate’ and ‘Mushroom’ by American Theatre Editors

New plays at East West Players and People's Light illuminate the collisions, and occasional solidarity, among people of color in a white-dominated culture.

May 2023

From the Academy Award-winning writer of Moonlight, comes this exhilarating story about Pharus, a young, gay student leading the gospel choir at his elite, all-boys prep school.

April 2023

From the Academy Award-winning writer of Moonlight, comes this exhilarating story about Pharus, a young, gay student leading the gospel choir at his elite, all-boys prep school.

Erika Dickerson-Despenza Crafts Ntozake Shange Social Justice Theatre Residency by American Theatre Editors

Established to recognize a woman, femme, trans, or non-binary playwright of the African diaspora, the residency will provide a salary with benefits and full support to pursue creative work.