A William Inge World Premiere, Only 50 Years Late
‘Off the Main Road,’ a long-unproduced play by the Kansas-born writer, will make its long-overdue premiere at Williamstown Theatre Festival this summer.
First Floor Theater Announces 2015–16 Season
The roster includes plays by Ken Urban, J. Julian Christopher, and Johnna Adams, that tackle social issues and explore realms between fantasy and reality.
Steep Theatre Announces 2015–16 Season
Writers from either side of the pond—Hamish Linklater, Sam Hunter, Simon Stephens, and Laura Wede—fill a season of premieres.
Postcards From Theatre Summer Camp at NY Stage & Film
Just far enough from New York to get away and stretch with new work, but close enough for a day trip, Vassar’s Powerhouse has been a theatre development hub for 3 decades.
Offscript: Jane Chu, the NEA, and the Kilroys
This week’s guest is chairman of the NEA Jane Chu, who discusses arts funding and ‘South Pacific.’ Plus, highlights from the TCG National Conference in Cleveland and a discussion of the new Kilroy’s list.
Syria’s Most Marginalized People Share a Stage and Find Common Ground
What can theatre possibly mean to migrant workers and refugees in one of the world’s most violent regions? Ask ‘Antigone.’
Reunited Twins + Two Adaptations = ‘Double Trouble’
This new version of ‘The Parent Trap’ story, about teen girls separated by a divorce, draws on the German original but updates it for the contemporary U.S.
Emily Mann: The Quiet Radical
In 1990, the theatre’s board gambled on a young writer/director with an agenda. It’s paid off: Mann built a team around her vision, attracted new audiences, and steered the company through both crisis and triumph.
Theater Latté Da Announces 2015–16 Season
The theatre’s new season will feature two world premieres as part of a new five-year initiative to develop musical theatre works.
Have You Met Miss (Rhodessa) Jones? She Owns the Earth and Sky
She comes from a large family of theatremakers. Is it any wonder she makes family, and theatre, everywhere she goes, from Cultural Odyssey to the California’s prisons?
