The Buzz: 6 Theatre Artists Share What They’re Looking Forward To
From improv comedy shows, to multidisciplinary performances, to painted unicorns onstage, six theatre workers dish on what they are working on, and looking forward to.
Ngozi Anyanwu Wins Inaugural Humanitas Playwriting Prize
The Southern California actress received $5,000 and development opportunities for her inaugural play.
Robert Hupp to Leave Arkansas Repertory Theatre for Syracuse Stage
Hupp will leave his post as the second executive to lead the Rep for a new position at the New York theatre.
Sheldon Epps To Step Down from Pasadena Playhouse
The artistic director will leave the position after 20 years.
Paige Evans Named Artistic Director of Signature Theatre
The artistic director of LCT3 at Lincoln Center will take over from the theatre’s founder, James Houghton.
Walnut Street Theatre Announces 5 Classics for 2016–17 Season
The Philadelphia-based theatre’s next season will be its 208th.
Thaddeus Phillips: Shape-Shifter on a Liquid Stage
The protean auteur makes a kind of puppet theatre in which his own intense, mercurial presence is the central object being manipulated.
Standing Up for Playwrights and Against ‘Colorblind’ Casting
In light of recent controversies over plays by Katori Hall and Lloyd Suh, it’s clear that theatre needs a color-conscious casting approach.
Is a Black Perspective Too Much to Ask of Brecht?
Rehearsal room squabbles aside, the questions raised by Tonya Pinkins as she departed CSC’s ‘Mother Courage’ deserve a closer look.
Christopher Mannelli To Leave Victory Gardens for Geva
The managing director of the Chicago-based company will take on the role of co-CEO and managing director at the Rochester theatre.
