Divine Comedy Festival: Joy and Despair, Head-Scratching and Mind-Blowing
This last dispatch from the 2024 gathering checks in with some Americans who’ve felt both inspired and challenged by their Polish counterparts.
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A Block From Shuttered Connelly, Wild Project Faces Possible Sale
It’s tough out there for Downtown NYC theatres, but one East Village venue is raising money to take control of their destiny.
Mill Mountain Theatre Names Matt Shields Managing Director
He will succeed producing artistic director Ginger Poole in January.
U.K.’s LAMDA to Open Offices and Studios in NYC
Opening on Jan. 23, 2025, the permanent office and studio spaces will be based in Midtown.
Martin Benson: Directing With Clarity, Traveling Light
The co-founder of South Coast Rep won acclaim by staging what playwrights wrote, and helping to sustain a home for their work.
Sex, Politics, Guarded Optimism: A Report From Kraków’s Divine Comedy
Theatre in Poland inevitably intersects with politics, and not only because it relies on state support.
David Schweizer: Sparkling Glee, Peerless Care
Remembering a director whose intelligence and sense of humor didn’t just guide careers but built community.
The Subtext: How Rachel Bonds Learned to Trust Herself
This month Brian talks to the Southern-born writer about her journey through acting to playwriting, what her parents taught her, and her own parenting.
Chris Kayser Worked Hard but Savored the Grapes
The versatile Atlanta actor, who died on Dec. 3 at the age of 75, is remembered as both larger than life and down to earth.
New Shakespeare Company to Offer Free Theatre in Piedmont Triad
Beginning in summer 2025, Piedmont Shakespeare Company aims to fills the gap left by theatre closures in the region.
