Giselle Byrd Named Executive Director of The Theater Offensive
Byrd will become the first Black trans woman to lead a regional theatre company in the United States.
New England
Coverage of theatre in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
‘Thinking’ Small and Local
Keen Company’s roving production of Joan Didion’s mourning memoir makes a good fit for Long Wharf’s itinerant programming agenda.
Pour One Out for New Rep
How the Boston-area theatre, which recently announced its closure after 4 decades, gave a young critic hope for the art form.
New Repertory Theatre to Close Doors After 40 Seasons
The board of the Boston-area theatre cites a philanthropic shortfall as the reason for the company’s end.
Adriana Gaviria Receives 2023 Latinx Theatre Commons Diane Award
The annual award recognizes an individual working in the theatre field who is committed to increasing Latinx representation across disciplines and includes a $5,000 unrestricted prize.
NEFA Releases Report on First Decade of National Theatre Project
The report analyzes a variety of data about NTP advisors, grantees, and creators.
17 Theatremakers Among This Year’s 154 MacDowell Fellows
Selected from the second largest applicant pool in the Fellowship’s century-plus history, they join a diverse group at the residency’s New England grounds for the fall/winter term.
Bilingual in Boston: Theatre By and For Immigrants
3 theatre companies have energized South Asian, Chinese, and Latin American audiences by staging plays in their first languages.
The Theater Offensive Announces 2023 Queer (Re)public Residents
Cheyenne Wyzzard-Jones, Victoria L. Awkward, and Annalise Guidry will participate in the 22-month residency that aims to support queer and trans artists of color.
Jason Cabral Named Executive Director of Gamm Theatre
An experience fundraiser for nonprofits across the U.S., he is returning to the region where he was raised and educated.
