Black Theatre Coalition, Black Broadway Men Partner for Playwriting Initiative
The partnership will see Black Theatre Coalition fellows working on an upcoming Black Broadway Men play reading.
Yearly Archives: 2023
Stratford Festival, Intermission Magazine Launch IBPOC Critics Lab
The program is accepting applications from aspiring and emerging Canadian theatre critics who are Indigenous, Black, or people of color for a 7-week curriculum and residency at the Stratford Festival.
Chicago’s Sideshow Theatre Company to Cease Operations
The storefront theatre company, known for producing world and American premieres, will donate all remaining funds to 7 other Chicago nonprofits.
The Subtext: James Ijames, From Grandma’s Backyard to Broadway
This month Brian talks to the ‘Fat Ham’ playwright about the art-loving family he came from and the communities he’s found in theatre and in Philly.
Jesús I. Valles Wins 2023 Yale Drama Prize
Valles will attend a new residency program created by playwright Jeremy O. Harris, who also selected Valles’s play ‘Bathhouse.pptx’ for the prize.
If You Rebuild It, Will They Return?
3 years after shutdown, despite some encouraging signs, most U.S. theatres are struggling to get audiences to commit.
Candrice Jones Wins 2023 Kesselring Prize
Jones wins for her play ‘Flex,’ which will open at Lincoln Center Theater this summer.
Philly Theatre Week to Return March 23
All of this year’s festival shows will offer pay-what-you-can tickets.
Tyne Rafaeli & Kate Whoriskey: Community, Not Competition
Two in-demand directors of new plays meet to discuss their current projects and the state of the field.
Anthropologists Theatre to Have Actual Anthropologist in Residence
The investigative theatre troupe will work with anthropologist Dr. Haile Eshe Cole to create a play about doulas and Black motherhood.
