11 New Plays to Receive 1st Round of 2024-25 Edgerton Awards
Totaling over $600,000, the awards fund extra time for the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team.
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Yale Drama Series Prize, Joyce Awards, and More
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
Angela Lee Gieras Named Exec Director of Shakespeare Theatre Co.
A seasoned expert in nonprofit management, she’ll leave the same post at Kansas City Rep to co-lead the D.C. theatre alongside artistic director Simon Godwin.
Quintessence Theatre Group Purchases Historic Sedgwick Theater
The company hopes to finish renovations of the Art Deco venue by 2028, exactly 100 years after its first opening.
Under the Radar Announces 2025 Festival, Adds 2 Leaders
New York’s premier international and experimental festival sticks with the city-wide multi-venue approach as Meropi Peponides and Kaneza Schaal join the leadership team.
Signature Theatre Names Beth Whitaker Interim Artistic Director
Whitaker will serve in the 2024-25 season while Signature searches for a successor to Paige Evans.
Adrian Budhu Named Managing Director of Pioneer Theatre Company
A seasoned arts leader, including at TCG, he joins artistic director Karen Azenberg as co-leader after a tumultuous period for the Salt Lake City theatre.
Soho Rep Takes a Sharp Turn Toward New Horizons
The downtown new-play mainstay will leave lower Manhattan to produce at the midtown theatre, in a limited but possibly transformative partnership.
Steve Tague Named Artistic Director of Delaware’s REP
Tague, who served in an interim capacity when Resident Ensemble Players founder Sanford Robbins stepped down in 2022, is now his official successor.
TCG Announces 2 New Co-Leaders, Will Seek Third
LaTeshia Ellerson and Emilya Cachapero will head up national engagement and national & global programming, respectively, with an operations & business development leader yet to be hired.
