Category Archives: Plains

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Playwrights’ Center Announces McKnight Fellowships and Awards

The company will support emerging and established playwrights in developing new work.

A company that started with $75, a white sheet, and a little imagination is now a permanent fixture in Omaha’s theatre scene.

A host of writers made their way to the Kansas small town to honor the late dramatist and support emerging playwrights.

Next season at the Minneapolis theatre will include ‘Pericles,’ ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ and a Lynn Nottage play.

Hilary Bettis’s new play, about the disappearing women of Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez, is appearing at several theatres.

The fellowships offer development opportunities for emerging playwrights.

The theatre announces a $1-million program to commission playwrights, host companies, and offer $9 tickets in their ninth-floor studio.

The season will include contemporary dramas, musicals, and a world premiere play.

A car dealership near St. Louis University will be transformed into a mecca for artists and arts organizations.

The playwright-driven Minneapolis organization, having fulfilled its mission, will cease operations after its final production this spring.