A More Intentional Era for American Regional Theatre
The itinerant experiment at Long Wharf Theatre can be a model for other theatres that have lost connection with their communities.
Yearly Archives: 2022
Jennifer Kidwell Knows What Time It Is
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.
Theatrical Mustang: Poetry and Perception With jaamil olawale kosoko
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
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 2023.
New Leadership Seals Penumbra’s Evolution Into Racial Healing Center
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.
How We Found the Musical That Found Us
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’
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.
Erika Dickerson-Despenza Crafts Ntozake Shange Social Justice Theatre Residency
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.
Poetry in Motion: How Steven Hoggett Turns Movement Into Theatre, and Vice Versa
His new dance-theatre piece with Alan Cumming, ‘Burn,’ is another showcase of the approach to movement language that has made all Hoggett’s choreography so distinctive.
Jocelyn Bioh: ‘African Comedy’ Is Not a Contradiction in Terms
The writer of ‘School Girls’ and ‘Goddess’ writes stories American theatres haven’t seen before but that audiences immediately recognize.
