Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Announces 2021 Finalists
This year’s finalists include Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Miranda Rose Hall, Jiehae Park, and Beth Steel.
Yearly Archives: 2021
In Call for National Arts Support, Don’t Overlook Young Audiences
The soul-healing and community-building qualities of children’s theatre, a key part of the Federal Theatre Project, should be central to any new deal for the arts.
So What Could a ‘New Federal Theatre Project’ Actually Look Like?
Growing calls for government arts support are welcome, even if the historical model of the 1930s is an imprecise analogy.
The Sardonic, Curious, Unyielding John Heilpern
The NY Observer’s drama critic, a Brit, brought an outsider’s inquisitiveness to the American theatre, as well as principled grouchiness.
Premiere Stages Announces Liberty Live Commission
Tylie Shider will receive three staged readings of his play ‘Certain Aspects of Conflict in the Negro Family.’
Relief Grants for Mid-Career Theatre Workers to Be Available
Wendy C. Goldberg’s TheFrontOffice Foundation will award money to folks impacted by the industry shutdown.
Bridge Street Theatre Hosts LayeRhythm for Dance Residency
The two-week residency will culminate in an online performance of their new work, ‘SWITCH.’
Americans for the Arts Names Laurie Woolery 2021 Johnson Fellow
Other fellows include Rosten Woo for public art and design and Eddy Kwon for music.
Pig Iron Names Laurie Ortega-Murphy New Managing Director
Ortega-Murphy will succeed Maya Choldin, who stepped down in October 2020 to accept a position at Theatre Calgary.
Doug and ‘Hades’: A Remembrance
Dramaturg Doug Langworthy shone his light on the work of others, but it finally couldn’t lead him out of his own private darkness.
