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Gates McFadden Steps Down from Helm of Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA
Intending to serve as interim artistic director, McFadden instead oversaw five years of growth for the company, including the building of a new home.
Intending to serve as interim artistic director, McFadden instead oversaw five years of growth for the company, including the building of a new home.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author talks about unsettling his audience and repainting the Muslim image in the West.
Brass tacks and emotional outbursts highlight this week on the nation’s theatre podcasts.
A former SEIU organizer takes the helm of the stage union’s Western region at a potentially dramatic juncture.
Elements Theatre Company, a stage troupe within a Benedictine Christian community, forgoes religious pageantry for a mix of classics and new plays.
The current managing director of the Contemporary American Theatre Festival will bring his new-play passion to Pittsburgh.
The founder of the Off-Off-Broadway mainstay leaves as the theatre plans a move into a new three-theatre complex.
From haunted tours to “Dracula,” theatres get in on the Halloween action.
Taking a page from the ensemble-devising book, Woolly Mammoth’s new series of workshops incorporates audience input into the play development process.
Hosting a full awards ceremony for the first time since 2011, Theatre Philadelphia’s local awards shared the love in both competitive and honorary categories.