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.
Stories by American Theatre Editors
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.’
Woolly Mammoth Launches Weissberg Commissions
The new 3-year program will support writers, directors, designers, choreographers, and other generative artists in the creation of new works with a connection to the D.C. area.
Wesley Frugé Named Intiman Managing Director
The theatre’s development and communications director will step into the job previously held by Amy Zimerman.
Liberation Theatre Names 4 Resident Playwrights
Playwrights Calley N. Anderson, Brysen Boyd, Devon Kidd, and Zakeia Tyson-Cross will participate in LTC’s 2022-23 Writing Residency Program, beginning in May.
