11 New Plays to Receive 1st Round of 2024-25 Edgerton Awards
Totaling over $600,000, the awards fund extra time for the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team.
Stories by American Theatre Editors
Lookingglass Meets Funding Goal, Names Kasey Foster Artistic Director
The Chicago ensemble theatre, which put this past season on pause, begins space renovations this spring and will return with programming in the fall.
Chicago Theatres Sign New Equity Agreement
AEA and Producers’ Association of Chicago Area Theatres have announced a new 4-year deal.
Chicago Companies Partner to Celebrate Pearl Cleage
Goodman Theatre has announced a month-long, city-wide celebration honoring Pearl Cleage with partnerships across six Chicago theatre companies.
Know a Theatre: Classical Theatre of Harlem
Its fresh contemporary takes on Shakespeare, the Greeks, and others have become a staple of NYC’s summer season, but the company has bigger plans.
‘Case’ and ‘Kimberly’ Take Top NY Drama Critics’ Circle Awards
New works by Samuel D. Hunter and by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire were named best play and best musical of 2021-22.
Know a Theatre: Theatrical Outfit of Atlanta, Ga.
An intimate theatre with a focus on new plays and local stories, its season ends with the return of local star Terry Burrell as ‘Lady Day.’
Aleshea Harris, Virginia Grise Win Herb Alpert Awards
Each award comes with a $75,000 prize and a residency at California Institute of the Arts.
5 Theatre Projects Receive NEFA Grants
New England theatremakers Aaron Jafferis, Articine, Bess Welden, Sam Plattus, and creative team Gail Burton and Josie Bray have been awarded grants to support their work.
Bechdel Project Names Jeanne Dorsey Its Inaugural Resident Writer
The year-long residency will provide her with the resources and space to develop her new play ‘The Kit: Made by Martha.’
