Rattlestick Announces Global Forms Theater Festival Lineup
The festival will be led by a 100% immigrant artist team.
The festival will be led by a 100% immigrant artist team.
The new $60,000 commission is a joint effort by South Coast Repertory and Playwrights Horizons.
15 theatre artists and many interdisciplinary artists have been awarded fellowships.
Applications for the cohort are now open and will be accepted through April 30.
Shelley was formerly the artistic director of the House Theatre of Chicago.
New trustees include Jennifer Bielstein, Qween Jean, and Clint Ramos.
Stephen McKinley Henderson will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, Ntozake Shange will be posthumously inducted onto the Playwright’s Sidewalk, and A.R.T./New York will be recognized for its Body of Work.
Both artists will use the award, intended to highlight veteran artists no longer in the limelight, to continue writing.
Lauren Gunderson, David Henry Hwang, and others will serve as judges for the playwriting contest.
The program will accept applications from early-career journalists and critics of color until Tuesday, March 7 at 11:59 p.m. ET.