Sarah Siddons Society Announces New Grant Opportunity
The Chicago organization will offer 10 emerging theatremakers grants of $500 each.
The Chicago organization will offer 10 emerging theatremakers grants of $500 each.
Cohort members will train under the instruction of Jose Solís and other experts in the journalism field, and will have written a commissioned piece by the end of the program.
Candrice Jones’s new play about a Southern girls’ basketball team has come a long way, but it hasn’t been a layup.
The company has also announced their inaugural Indigenous Voices of the Northeast Residency.
The retreat will feature readings of 3 new plays by playwrights Masha Obolensky, Melinda Lopez, and Catherine Epstein, and a community playwriting class taught by Lenelle Moïse.
The virtual convening begins tomorrow, July 11.
The three writers will be honored at a gala in August.
A few reader responses to recent features and news.
July brings a myriad of stories from theatre’s past, from an actress who witnessed Lincoln’s assassination to the a grounbreaking Deaf-and-hearing production on Broadway.
The first Equity house run by and for Black artists in Indianapolis, Naptown African American Theatre Collective has made ambitious plans and lined up the support to realize them.