Benjamin Hanna Named Indiana Rep Artistic Director
Currently an associate artistic director at the theatre, he will succeed Janet Allen as of July 1.
Currently an associate artistic director at the theatre, he will succeed Janet Allen as of July 1.
The designer’s friend, colleague, and mentee recalls him as a tirelessly busy, no-fuss genius who cherished real materials and was always ready with a brilliant drawing or model.
The director of the world premiere of ‘Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side’ shares what unlocked this haunting play for him and the creative team.
Earlier this month, Terrence Spivey’s play about the last slave ship, Clotilda, had its premiere in the Alabama community its survivors built.
How one historically white theatre company in Virginia has invested in reaching new audiences, and fostering writers, of color.
Stephen McKinley Henderson will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, Ntozake Shange will be posthumously inducted onto the Playwright’s Sidewalk, and A.R.T./New York will be recognized for its Body of Work.
Stori Ayers and Charly Evon Simpson resigned in solidarity with a performer whose assault they feel was mishandled. That performer says the problem is bigger than a single incident.
From an animatronics professor in North Carolina to a music director in Massachusetts, this installment features six theatre workers shaping arts education.
Both artists will use the award, intended to highlight veteran artists no longer in the limelight, to continue writing.
His latest autobiographical comedy at the Public, ‘Dark Disabled Stories,’ is being designed with access in mind, even as it gets down and dirty about the ways society views and treats disabled people.