2021 Jonathan Larson Grants Announced
5 early-career musical theatre creators or teams will receive $10,000 unrestricted grants, along with residencies, concerts, and recording opportunities.
Stories by American Theatre Editors
Offscript: Eliana Pipes’s 3-Theatre ‘Dream Hou$e’
The editors speak to the playwright of ‘Dream Hou$e,’ a new play about gentrification, sisterhood, and reality TV, now onstage at Long Wharf Theatre.
Indiana Arts Orgs Announce 3-Way Merger
The Bloomington Playwrights Project (BPP), Cardinal Stage, and Pigasus Institute will join forces starting in July 2022 to establish a comprehensive performing arts organization in Southern Indiana.
Barbara Gaines Bids Farewell to Chicago Shakespeare Theater
The theatre’s founder and artistic director will step down in 2023 after an acclaimed 36-year run.
Kelvin Dinkins Jr. Named ART Executive Director
He will leave his post as general manager at Yale Rep to co-lead ART with artistic director Diane Paulus starting in June.
Sara Gmitter Receives Inaugural Adrienne Shelly Award
The $3,000 prize from the Adrienne Shelly Foundation will support the writing of Gmitter’s new play, ‘The Night Witches,’ about a group of Soviet female combat pilots.
Martine Kei Green-Rogers Named Dean of DePaul Theatre School
She will succeed Coya Paz Brownrigg, who has served as interim dean since July 2021.
Mellon Announces Grants to Support NY Artists
The Creatives Rebuild initiative provides either guaranteed income or employment funding for artists and arts institutions across New York State.
TCG to Offer National Conference Scholarships
More than half of scholarships and subsides for the June gathering in Pittsburgh will go to applicants from communities that are under-represented in the field of theatre.
Kyra Sims Named NY Neo-Futurists Co-Artistic Director
Kyra Sims has been named the first Co-AD of New York Neo-Futurists, alongside current co-artistic director Rob Neill.
