South Coast Repertory Announces Pacific Playwrights Festival Lineup
This year’s festival will present two world-premiere productions along with five staged readings of new works.
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Bringing the Thunder, Finding the Lightness
A brief gig working with a company of disabled actors became a 4-year tour, and a writer learned to face his own hardships with grace and humor.
Hard of Hearing Shouldn’t Have to Be This Hard
An actor and musician takes us behind the curtain and exposes some of the roadblocks to full inclusion.
Public Theater to Host 2023 BIPOC Critics Lab
Applications for the cohort are now open and will be accepted through April 30.
Will Davis Named Rattlestick Artistic Director
When the busy director succeeds Daniella Topol in the position as of May 1, he will be the first transgender leader of a major non-LGBTQ-specific theatre.
New Ohio Theatre to Close This Summer
After 30 years of artistry in the downtown independent theatre community, New Ohio will conclude operations at 154 Christopher Street on Aug. 31.
Broadway Guilds Condemn Antisemitic ‘Parade’ Protesters
The first preview of the acclaimed musical, about the lynching of a falsely accused Jewish American, was picketed by neo-Nazis.
Benjamin Hanna Named Indiana Rep Artistic Director
Currently an associate artistic director at the theatre, he will succeed Janet Allen as of July 1.
Barter Theatre’s Plan to Create a Black Appalachian Canon
How one historically white theatre company in Virginia has invested in reaching new audiences, and fostering writers, of color.
Shange, Henderson, A.R.T./NY to Receive Special Category Lortel Awards
Stephen McKinley Henderson will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, Ntozake Shange will be posthumously inducted onto the Playwright’s Sidewalk, and A.R.T./New York will be recognized for its Body of Work.
