Seattle Rep Announces More 20×30 Playwriting Commissions
Amy Freed, Julia Izumi, and Benjamin Benne have received commissions in the theatre’s 20×30: Reimagining the Anthropocene project.
Acting Company Announces Student Loan Relief for Actors
The Actors’ Career Stability Initiative will grant relief to actors who join the company and have a minimum of $10,000 in student debt.
This Month in Theatre History
From Edwin Booth’s Richard III to the Federal Dance Project, from ‘Fefu and Her Friends’ to Odd Fellows Hall, this month featured some remarkable characters.
James Ijames Wins 2022 Drama Pulitzer for ‘Fat Ham’
The finalists are Sylvia Khoury for ‘Selling Kabul’ and Kristina Wong for ‘Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord.’
TYA Partnership Will Give L.A. Youth Chance to Help Develop New Works
A joint program of In Other People’s Shoes Productions and Camp Bob Waldorf, the pilot will center on a new play by José Cruz González.
Emma, Hershel, and Me
An interview about antisemitism, accountability, and Diet Coke with Emma Jude Harris, an American director-dramaturg based in London.
Aleshea Harris, Virginia Grise Win Herb Alpert Awards
Each award comes with a $75,000 prize and a residency at California Institute of the Arts.
5 Theatre Projects Receive NEFA Grants
New England theatremakers Aaron Jafferis, Articine, Bess Welden, Sam Plattus, and creative team Gail Burton and Josie Bray have been awarded grants to support their work.
Bechdel Project Names Jeanne Dorsey Its Inaugural Resident Writer
The year-long residency will provide her with the resources and space to develop her new play ‘The Kit: Made by Martha.’
Oscar Hammerstein II: He Had Some Notes
In 4 excerpts from a new collection of letters to and from the great musical writer and producer, we read his thoughts on matters large and small, as well as his advice for a young Sondheim.
