What Kept SCR’s Paula Tomei Coming Back for 4 Decades
As she prepares to leave her job as South Coast Rep’s first managing director, she reflects on the path here and the road ahead.
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This Month in Theatre History
August has been a month of strikes, disagreement, recovery, the coming and going of influential festivals, and a belated Broadway triumph.
Angela Lee Gieras Named Exec Director of Shakespeare Theatre Co.
A seasoned expert in nonprofit management, she’ll leave the same post at Kansas City Rep to co-lead the D.C. theatre alongside artistic director Simon Godwin.
Quintessence Theatre Group Purchases Historic Sedgwick Theater
The company hopes to finish renovations of the Art Deco venue by 2028, exactly 100 years after its first opening.
Under the Radar Announces 2025 Festival, Adds 2 Leaders
New York’s premier international and experimental festival sticks with the city-wide multi-venue approach as Meropi Peponides and Kaneza Schaal join the leadership team.
Signature Theatre Names Beth Whitaker Interim Artistic Director
Whitaker will serve in the 2024-25 season while Signature searches for a successor to Paige Evans.
Adrian Budhu Named Managing Director of Pioneer Theatre Company
A seasoned arts leader, including at TCG, he joins artistic director Karen Azenberg as co-leader after a tumultuous period for the Salt Lake City theatre.
5 Things Theatre Criticism Taught Me About Playwriting
Our managing editor reflects on how the skills she picked up doing arts journalism inform her approach to storytelling in another medium.
Nagle Jackson: Calm at the Center of the Storm
The versatile actor-director-playwright-translator staged work all over the U.S. and the world.
From Chicago: Beyond the Bylines
This month, Gabriela reflects on an enlightening experience at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and we hear from artists David Rhee and Eileen Doan.
