New England

Coverage of theatre in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Julia Jarcho Appointed Head of MFA Playwriting at Brown

The downtown playwright and theatremaker talks about her aesthetic and DIY work ethic, and how much of each she’ll bring to her new post.

Replacing Sean Daniels, Sale will be the first woman to lead the Massachusetts company.

Shoshona Currier, Stephanie P. Fortunato, Alyce Lee, and Jacob Padrón have been appointed as council members.

Pugliese, who first joined the company in 2013, will depart at the end of the month.

The best way to follow her path-breaking lead, she says, is not to follow in her exact footsteps.

Her students keep her young, she says, as she balances new jobs, Broadway productions, and regional work.

Despite enduring a few sleepless nights in his time, his approach has always been to focus on solving the problem that’s right in front of him.

After the resignation of artistic director Burgess Clark due to sexual misconduct allegations, executive director Toby Schine has also stepped down.

Boston’s Suffolk University will present the entire set of Wilder’s ‘Sins’ one-acts for the first time in one program.

The co-founding leader of Ithaca’s Civic Ensemble prepares to take the helm of the similarly community-minded HartBeat Ensemble in Connecticut.