Zeniba Now Receives Thom Thomas Award From Dramatists Guild Foundation
The honor, given annually to an alumnus of the foundation’s fellows program, comes with $10,000 support.
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Irondale, Where the Process Is the Play
The 40-year-old Brooklyn company has spent the year exploring and interweaving major plays of the 20th century, from Glaspell to Williams to Hansberry. Their current show is ‘American Blues.’
Shirley Jo Finney Lifted Every Soul
The late director was fluent in matters spiritual, emotional, and textual.
SCR Managing Director Paula Tomei to Depart After 44 Years
Tomei, who will leave the theatre next August, has been the company’s first and only managing director to date.
NEA Launches ArtsHERE Grants, With Focus on Equity and Access
The new program will provide grants of of $65,000 to $130,000 to organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to equity.
Serious Play: The Art of Wafaa Bilal and Tasneem Mandviwala
When a painter and a performance artist work with theatres, all parties learn lessons about experience, engagement, and ecstasy.
Superheroes on Native Land, Part I
How a Lakota playwright, 7 Indigenous actors, and an L.A.-based ensemble survived a pandemic, crossed thousands of prairie miles, and confronted centuries of history to make a play.
Public Theater Names 2023-25 Emerging Writers Group
The 10 playwrights will receive staged readings of their work and a $10,000 stipend.
The Body Politic in Josep Maria Miró’s Plays
The Spanish dramatist, now in residency with NYC’s PlayCo, talks about his love for Pinter, his close work with translators, and the radical transformations made possible by live theatre.
Sondheim the Cinephile: How Film Shaped His Work
From Bernard Herrmann to Luis Buñuel, filmic influences found their way into his musicals’ form and content, up to and including his final show, ‘Here We Are.’
