‘Flex’: Taking the Lady Train From the Arkansas Delta to Lincoln Center
Candrice Jones’s new play about a Southern girls’ basketball team has come a long way, but it hasn’t been a layup.
Category Archives: South Central
Stories from the South, in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Exec Director Martin Miller to Leave TheatreSquared for McCarter
Miller, who has been TheatreSquared’s executive director since 2009, will leave for his new job in September.
Madeleine Lambert Named Alabama Shakes Associate AD
The leader, performer, and educator succeeds deputy artistic director and education director Greta Lambert (no relation) in the role.
Micah-Shane Brewer Named Nashville Rep Artistic Director
Brewer is currently a producer at the theatre.
TheatreSquared Honored With Architecture Awards
The theatre’s new building has been recognized by the American Institute of Architects and USITT.
A New-Play Fest Is Born in Greenville, S.C.
The latest entry in the new-play festival game, staged in August across 5 venues in an arts-centric town, had impressive local buy-in and enthusiastic full houses.
On Holy Ground: The National Black Theatre Festival
Back in August after a pandemic hiatus, the biennial gathering of Black theatremakers reclaimed its status as both a reunion and a showcase for new work.
Robert Barry Fleming’s Sense of Scale
Actors Theatre of Louisville’s artistic director sets the record straight about the status of the Humana Festival and the company’s ongoing efforts to match ambition with capacity.
The Sun Sets on Southern Rep
After 36 years of artistry in the Gulf South, and a move to a permanent space that didn’t pan out, the theatre’s board president says they have “exhausted all options.”
Del Shores Foundation Writers Search Recognizes LGBTQ+ Southerners
The first awards go writers from Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia.
