Del Shores Foundation Writers Search Recognizes LGBTQ+ Southerners
The first awards go writers from Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia.
Category Archives: South Atlantic
Coverage of theatres in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
Two NC Colleges Form Common Thread Theatre Collective
Connected by their love of theatre, a primarily white liberal arts institution and the largest HBCU in the country have come together to drive industry change and center underrepresented stories.
Molly Smith to Retire from Arena Stage
After 25 years and more than 200 productions, Smith will step down in 2023 to make room for a new chapter at the D.C. theatre.
Can ‘Trading Places’ Be More Than a 1980s Joke?
A new musical at the Alliance Theatre, based on the Eddie Murphy/Dan Aykroyd switcheroo comedy, has traded out a few elements.
The Canon, Reloaded: 3 Playwrights Respond to 20th-Century Classics
In riffing on works by Arthur Miller and Lorraine Hansberry, 3 new plays by Kimberly Belflower, Kelundra Smith, and Eleanor Burgess alternately explore and explode what was missing from the originals.
Virginia Rep Welcomes 3 Artistic Directors
The Richmond theatre, which announced a new tripartite leadership structure last fall, has filled all 3 spots.
Charleston Stage Adopts 2-Person Leadership Structure
With founder Julian Wiles’s departure, Marybeth Clark will become artistic director alongside a new managing director starting in May 2023.
R. Eric Thomas: Laugh Till You Feel Something
With 3 plays opening within as many months of each other, the prolific writer talks about comedy, empathy, and his deep love for television.
Know a Theatre: Theatrical Outfit of Atlanta, Ga.
An intimate theatre with a focus on new plays and local stories, its season ends with the return of local star Terry Burrell as ‘Lady Day.’
Woolly Mammoth Launches Weissberg Commissions
The new 3-year program will support writers, directors, designers, choreographers, and other generative artists in the creation of new works with a connection to the D.C. area.
