Alliance’s Susan V. Booth Will Be Next Artistic Director of Goodman Theatre
She succeeds Robert Falls at the company where she once worked as director of new-play development, after 21 years leading Atlanta’s biggest nonprofit theatre.
South Atlantic
Coverage of theatres in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
Woolly Mammoth Names 3 Miranda Family Fellows
Fellows Tania Crescencio (connectivity), Fatima Dyfan (new work), and Malaya Press (development), will each have paid year-long department-specific positions that include benefits and a housing stipend.
Del Shores Foundation Writers Search Recognizes LGBTQ+ Southerners
The first awards go writers from Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia.
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.
