Todd Schmidt Named Executive Director of Alabama Shakespeare Festival
A native of the Yellowhammer State, Schmidt leaves his post at New Jersey’s Paper Mill after a career that has also encompassed Chicago and Wisconsin theatres.
Category Archives: South Central
Stories from the South, in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Arkansas Rep Announces 2018-19 Season
The season will include classic plays, comedies, and musicals.
Actors Theatre of Louisville Announces 2018-19 Season
The season will include holiday favorites, contemporary works, and the annual Humana Festival.
Actors Theatre of Louisville Announces 2018 Humana Festival
The festival will feature 6 world premieres, including works by Leah Nanako Winkler, Susan Soon He Stanton, and Deborah Stein.
Les Waters to Leave Actors Theatre of Louisville in 2018
The British-born director departs after six years leading the Kentucky theatre and its influential new-play program, the Humana Festival.
Rick Dildine Named Artistic Director of Alabama Shakespeare Festival
The new leader previously served at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis.
‘Foreign to Myself’ Delves Beyond the Trauma of War
Goat in the Road’s devised piece braided two veterans’ stories into an examination of identity and homecoming.
‘Change’ Can’t Come Soon Enough
Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s musical, with its Confederate-monument subplot, will get an unexpectedly timely revival.
Valley Youth Theatre Announces 2017-18 Season
The theatre will present adaptations of movies and audience favorites.
Childsplay Sets 2017-18 Season of Young Audience Fare
The 7-show slate will feature adaptations of ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ and ‘Go, Dog. Go!’
