David Lindsay-Abaire’s Working-Class Women
The playwright of ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ and ‘Good People’ reflects on a body of work that has evolved in style but can’t help but show his roots.
Category Archives: New England
Coverage of theatre in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Benjamin Benne, Mallory Jane Weiss Win Portland Stage Clauder Competition
Both playwrights will have their writing workshopped in Portland Stage’s upcoming Little Festival of the Unexpected; Benne’s ‘Manning’ will get a full mainstage production.
Drew Kowalkowski Named White Heron Managing Director
The former COO of Thompson Turner Productions will join artistic director Lynne Bolton and producing director/co-artistic director Michael Kopko in leading the summer theatre.
What Can an EDI Consultant Do for a Play?
When SpeakEasy Stage Company puts on plays featuring cross-cultural currents and racial conflicts, Kira Troilo’s consulting work proves crucial.
It’s Well Past Time for an All-Neurodivergent Staging of ‘Curious Incident’
A look behind the scenes of a new, more accessible student production of the popular play centering an autistic character.
Dominique Morisseau, Jasmine Lee-Jones Receive Windham-Campbell Prizes For Drama
The prestigious award comes with an unrestricted grant of $175,000.
Amy Gravell to Step Down from the Gamm Theatre
Gravell has served as the Gamm’s managing director since 2019.
Harold Steward Is Named NEFA Executive Director
After 6 years at Boston’s The Theatre Offensive, Steward will succeed Cathy Edwards in the role at NEFA.
Projected Back in Time as ‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ Returns
A former projectionist recalls 3 memorable weeks in the mezzanine on the show’s Boston tour stop back in 1979.
Rebecca Bradshaw Named Artistic Director of Gloucester Stage Company
An experienced Boston director, she’ll take the reins from interim leader Paula Plum.
