Audra McDonald Receives MIT’s 2018 Eugene McDermott Award
The prize comes with $100,000.
New England
Coverage of theatre in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
SpeakEasy Announces 2017-18 Boston Project Playwrights
Phaedra Scott and Emily Schwend will develop Boston-centric works for the company’s new-play initiative.
James Bundy: The Longest Run
His unprecedented tenure at Yale Rep may be topped off (fingers crossed) by a new theatre-and-school complex.
Long Wharf Slates Contemporary American Voices Festival
The festival will feature works by Christopher Chen, Jonathan Payne, and Jen Silverman.
Huntington Theatre Company Announces 2017-19 Playwriting Fellows
MJ Halberstadt and Brenda Withers have been selected for the two-year residency.
Merrimack Rep Names Bonnie J. Butkas Executive Director
Butkas and her family will relocate from Rochester, N.Y., to Massachusetts this fall.
Penobscot Theatre Company Completes Renovations
The company has brought modern touches, and new plush seats, to its home at the Bangor Opera House.
MIT Opens Its First Performing Arts Building
The building is the first space wholly dedicated to the arts on campus.
Boston Children’s Theatre Announces 2017-18 Season
The season will feature the return of two holiday favorites and stage adaptations of children’s books.
Vermont Stage Sets 6-Show 2017-18 Season
Next season at the theatre will feature the Vermont premiere of ‘Fun Home’ and a new Stephen Spotswood play.
