NQT’s Criminal Queerness Festival to Focus on War in Ukraine
New work by Danielle Levsky, Wojtek Rodak, and Andrew Kushnir will tell LGBTQ+ stories against the backdrop of upheavals in post-Soviet Eastern Europe.
New work by Danielle Levsky, Wojtek Rodak, and Andrew Kushnir will tell LGBTQ+ stories against the backdrop of upheavals in post-Soviet Eastern Europe.
She has worked with the influential TYA theatre for 18 years.
‘Some Like It Hot’ leads with 5 awards, followed by ‘Leopoldstadt’ with 3.
The new musical ‘The Pursuit of Happiness (or The Wacky Lesbian Adventures of Brillo Pad and Hula Hoop)’ will headline the festival.
Lauren Mei, Zariyah Perry, and George Porteous have been recognized for their achievements in theatre.
Morrow, who spent the last 8 years running San Diego’s Diversionary Theatre, will lead the company in residency at the East Bay’s Lesher Center for the Arts.
Her 2022 play took home the $25,000 prize, while Madison Fiedler won the Osborn Prize and Suzan-Lori Parks and Rebecca Gilman received citations for their work.
Cox will supervise the producing and casting teams.
The 12 teenage playwrights hail from 5 different states, and this year’s live presentations will be the first performed in person since 2019.
Egan succeeds Linda DiGabriele, who served as managing director at Asolo Rep for 35 years.