This Month in Theatre History
May recalls the Astor Place Riot, a vaudeville women’s rights advocate, the Moscow Art Theatre, a pioneer of Asian American drama, a Chicano performance troupe, and a beloved Tesori-Kushner musical.
Oklahoma City Rep Artistic Director Kelly Kerwin to Step Down
After serving for 3 years as the successor of founder Donald Jordan, she’ll leave the company to be closer to her family in New York.
Ezra Ezzard Named Crossroads Theatre Managing Director
Ezzard will lead the New Jersey company with artistic director Ricardo Khan.
NYTW Exec Director Jeremy Blocker to Depart
He’ll step down this summer after a decade in the position to join Audible Theater as the head of live creative producing.
Black Out: An Ongoing National Movement of Audience Curation
Led initially by playwrights Dominique Morisseau and Jeremy O. Harris, Black affinity nights are proliferating at theatres across the U.S.
Pulitzer Prize, Steinberg New Play Award, LA Drama Critics Circle, and More
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
Farewell to a Chicago Director’s Haven
As Haven Theatre closes its doors after 10 years in the city, it takes with it an initiative that has helped foster 7 cohorts of emerging directors.
Making the Bed for ‘Slumberland’
A Swedish production about teen insomnia tests the boundaries of storytelling with virtual technology.
Tom Lee’s Puppet Planet
Somewhere between the earth and the stars, tradition and experimentation, La MaMa and the Met Opera, he keeps exploring his art form’s possibilities.
Palestine, Alive in Exile: ‘Returning to Haifa’ and Reclaiming the Narrative
A new staging of Ghassan Kanafani’s novella inaugurates Golden Thread’s 2024 Season of Palestine with a reminder of our past and invites us to consider a future of joyful resistance.
