SCR Announces Newscripts Series and NewSCRipts in Schools Partnership
South Coast Rep’s play reading series will return, along with a new program bringing play readings to UC Irvine.
Category Archives: West
Head out West with coverage of theatres in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
L.A. Artists Create and Share Anti-Racist Theatre Standards
Compiled by a group of 15 theatre workers, the standards set goals for more equitable representation, with compliance to be tracked a newly formed group called BLKLST.
ArtEquity Announces New BIPOC Cohort
Over 6 months of convening, artEquity’s cohort aims to tackle the challenges facing the aim of equity in the arts.
Actor: Jomar Tagatac
He’s grateful to be back in front of audiences, and also hopeful that a year-plus of down time has shown the field the true value of artists’ work.
Dámaso Rodríguez to Step Down as Artists Rep Artistic Director
After 9 years at the helm, he’ll leave to take an arts consulting job, also in Portland, and allow for further artistic changes at Artists Rep.
Intiman Theatre and BECU Announce ‘Angels in Seattle’ Winners
The new awards highlight those who helped keep the Seattle theatre community active and flourishing during the pandemic.
Echo Theater Company Selects National Young Playwrights
The program aims to connect emerging playwrights with established voices, fostering a new generation of artists.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Announces New Leadership Structure
Two new associate artistic directors, Scarlett Kim and Mei Ann Teo, join Evren Odcikin in three-person team that will help reimagine the theatre’s repertory, media, and new-works offerings.
La Jolla Playhouse Appoints Eric Keen-Louie to Be Executive Producer
Previously a producing director with the theatre, Keen-Louie will assume a newly created role overseeing all productions in the theatre’s subscription season.
‘I Know What I’m Writing’: Emily Mann and ‘Execution of Justice’
In this excerpt from a new bio of the writer/director, she recalls how she created one of the American theatre’s seminal documentary theatre texts.
