National New Play Network Announces $125,000 in Grants
NNPN largesse goes to playwrights and theatres to produce, and partner to produce, new work.
Category Archives: South Central
Stories from the South, in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Turning Nashville’s Moment into New-Play Momentum
Plays in Nashville Rep’s Ingram New Works Lab go from seedling to sapling. The town’s new-play scene, and the appetite for it, is growing, too.
The NOLA Project Announces 2015–16 Season
The resourceful, venue-less Big Easy company plans a range of offerings, including three immersive pieces.
Humana Festival 2015 Stretched Plays, and Audiences, to Their Breaking Point
A collection of not-so-straight plays, an ensemble-devised work and an African-American living-room play made up the main slate at Actors Theatre’s annual new-play gathering.
Humana 2015: Pig Iron Launches a Gay Space Opera
Inspired equally by ‘Star Wars’ and Charles Ludlam, the Philly troupe’s ‘I Promised Myself to Live Faster’ explores the intersection of tween sexual awakening and sci-fi fantasy.
Nashville Repertory Theatre Announces 2015–16 Season
The bill includes plays by Gina Gionfriddo and Tom Stoppard, plus a world premiere by resident playwright Nate Eppler.
Rebecca Gilman Wins Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for ‘Luna Gale’
Lucas Hnath and Nathan Alan Davis were also named cited as runners-up.
Theatres Speak Out Against ‘Religious Freedom’ Bills (UPDATED)
Arkansas Repertory Theatre and Indiana Repertory Theatre released statements this week opposing RFRAs in their state.
Humana 2015: Charles Mee Toasts the Many Sides of Thomas Merton
The historian/playwright returns to Louisville with ‘The Glory of the World,’ a raucous tribute to the Trappist monk on what would be his 100th birthday.
Humana 2015: In ‘Dot,’ Colman Domingo Sees Dementia Through a Comic Lens
His new play looks at aging parents and the children who care for them, and doesn’t mind laughing at the things that are beyond understanding.
