David Hare Wants to Know Why We Suffer
His new play ‘Straight Line Crazy’ may treat an American subject, but the English playwright is still addressing some of his chief political and social preoccupations.
Kendra Ekelund Is New Managing Director at Hudson Valley Shakes
Ekelund will replace interim managing director, David J. Roberts
Liz Carlson Named Interim Artistic Director of New York Stage and Film
Carlson transitions into the role immediately as current artistic director, Chris Burney prepares for his departure in December 2022
Stage Frights: Theatre Ghost Stories, Vol. 7
Footsteps on the roof, mischief-making specters, self-opening doors, and more fill our annual Halloween anthology of tales from haunted theatres.
Revisiting the Elián Drama at Miami New Drama
A new play by Rogelio Martinez returns to a painful and contested piece of post-Cold War history and attempts to reckon with its wounds and lessons.
Blow, Winds: Florida Theatres After Hurricane Ian
Fort Myers’s Florida Rep reckons with at least $1 million in damage, while other theatres, and the region in general, face a steep path to recovery.
Matt Barbot Receives Commission From Miami New Drama and the Black List
In the first theatre project undertaken by the influential screenwriting platform, the Brooklyn-based writer will receive $10,000 to develop a new work with the Florida theatre.
Theater J Commissions 7 Playwrights for Expanding the Canon Initiative
Created to broaden racial and ethnic portrayals of Jewishness onstage, the program provides playwrights with a $10,000 commission and a $5,000 developmental budget to support the creation of their new full-length plays over the next two and a half years.
Angel Adedokun Named RHE Foundation Artistic Fellow
The Bay Area singer-songwriter will receive a $10,000 award funded by the RHE Foundation and Theatre Bay Area performing arts organization.
22 Theatres Receive TCG THRIVE! RECOGNIZE Grants
22 BITOC grantees will receive a total of $900,000 in general operating support and the opportunity to join REBUILD: A Learning Cohort.
