Staging ‘God of Carnage’ Near a House of God
Elements Theatre Company, a stage troupe within a Benedictine Christian community, forgoes religious pageantry for a mix of classics and new plays.
Category Archives: New England
Coverage of theatre in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Gamm Theatre Names Oliver Dow Its New Managing Director
The 136-seat theatre in Pawtucket taps an Off-Broadway veteran to replace David M. Wax.
Yale Rep’s Binger Center: Where Plays Get a Commission, and a Commitment
Many new-play programs pay for plays get written and developed. How about one that sets aside money for future productions?
Sundance Institute Announces Fall Participants and Projects
The play-development house announces the slates artists who’ll make new plays at retreats in Boston and Suffolk County.
4 Companies Who’ve Picked Up Where 13P Left Off
From Orbiter 3 to the Workhaus Collective, companies have taken 13P’s playwright-focused production model and put their own spin on it.
Tony Simotes Leaves Post as Shakespeare & Co.'s Artistic Director
Tony Simotes, Tina Packer’s successor at Shakespeare & Company will depart Nov. 10, leaving leadership to new exec director, Rick Dildine.
5 ART Shows to Make the Broadway Move
Boston’s ART will have sent five shows to Broadway in just three years as of next March, when “Finding Neverland” opens in New York.
Matt Chapuran Named Managing Director of Lyric Stage in Boston
Matt Chapuran most recently was in charge of institutional giving at the Huntington Theatre Company.
Front and Center with Playwright Meg Miroshnik
Meg Miroshnik creates piece featuring young Russian girls after noticing a lack of females in Russian theatre.
Bread and Puppet Theater’s Half-Century Parade of Joy, Anger, Anarchy, and Purpose
An actor toils and performs on Bread and Puppet Theater’s Vermont farm on the eve of the company’s 50th anniversary .
