Sound Designer Abe Jacob to Receive Ming Cho Lee Award
Jacob, known as “the Godfather of Sound,” will receive the lifetime achievement award at the Henry Hewes Design Awards on Oct. 23.
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Colm Summers Named Artistic Director of Working Theatre
An experienced director, he will look to deepen and strengthen the company’s working-class programming.
8 Designers Receive 2023 Henry Hewes Awards
This year’s recipients include design team dots, costume designer Brenda Abbandandolo, lighting designer Barbara Samuels, sound designer Tei Blow, media designer Kameron Neal, and puppetry designer James Ortiz.
10 Shows to Receive Biller Family Foundation Social Impact Grants
This year’s grants will support innovative and socially engaged productions at theatres in Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona.
Lincoln Center Theater Leader André Bishop to Step Down
He plans to leave at the end of 2024-25 season, after more than 3 decades at the theatre, and more than 4 decades in theatre administration.
Arts for Everybody Launches Nationwide Campaign
Lear deBessonet, Nataki Garrett, and Clyde Valentin will lead the public works project, which will culminate with site-specific arts projects in July 2024.
Carole Rothman to Step Down From NY’s Second Stage
She’ll have run the company she founded for 45 years, after leading it from 2 Off-Broadway theatres to join 3 other nonprofits who also run Broadway houses.
Pew Center Announces Philadelphia-Area Grantees
Philadelphia Theatre Company and others have received project funding.
Court Theatre Artistic Director Charles Newell to Step Down in 2024
As he caps his 30-year tenure, the University of Chicago Office of the Provost will lead a comprehensive search for his successor in the coming months.
4 Playwrights Receive 2023 Helen Merrill Awards
Guadalís Del Carmen, Cassandra Medley, Aya Ogawa, and Kit Yan will each receive unrestricted cash awards of $30,000.
