Category Archives: South Atlantic

Coverage of theatres in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.

New-Play Program ‘A Different Myth’ Seeks Black Writers

The new program from Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective and the American Myth Center will commission plays about Black life.

No, it’s not March 2020 all over again, but the latest COVID-19 variant has theatres struggling with some familiar dilemmas of safety and scheduling.

The program will commission 7 Jewish playwrights of color in an effort to ‘correct and broaden’ conceptions of Jewishness onstage.

A former ensemble member who guided the troupe through the pandemic after Jon Carr’s departure, he’ll move from interim to permanent leader.

The multi-department management group includes longtime company member Brandon Carter serving as artistic director.

Fichter, who succeeds Chad Henderson, is said to bring “a 360-degree view” of the field to the South Carolina theatre.

Finalists for the $35,000 prize and six-week residency include Luis Alfaro, Eisa Davis, and Madeleine George.

Gantshar and Meanza will work alongside artistic director Vivienne Benesch.

Already in his short time so far at D.C.’s Shakespeare Theatre Company, Simon Godwin has striven to redefine the stage canon.

The new artistic director of Mosaic Theater Company emphasizes creative collaboration and community development in his vision for the future.