I saw Orlando at Signature Theatre Company 6 weeks after getting top surgery. When I first got the go-ahead to interview Sarah Ruhl about her adaptation, I didn't think I'd share that with her, but it was too important not to. This story means a lot to me:
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my first play was at HERE on a one-week run and because of that run my first play got published. Kristin gave me and so many of us a start; HERE is deep in my heart and I celebrate what Kristin's accomplished and what's yet to come for her.

Tonight at Cincinnati Playhouse, Qui Nguyen's VIETGONE begins performances. We published the full script of this raucous, moving romcom based on Nguyen's own refugee parents' story in our February 2017 issue. Here's Qui's Q&A with director May Adrales. americantheatre.org/2017/02/17/qui…

Great interview! Kristin Marting has the long view and finger on the pulse. Essential.

Stories, photos and video from today’s 40th Denver Public Schools Shakespeare Festival, the largest student gathering of its kind in the country. In the The Denver Gazette —> denvergazette.com/arts-entertain…

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New in Awards: Doris Duke Foundation Awards, GuggenheimFoundation, Alliance Theatre Reiser Lab, Dramatists Guild Advocacy Awards, and Theater Latté Da NEXT Generation Commission. americantheatre.org/2024/04/26/dor…

EVENT REMINDER: On May 6 at 7:30 p.m. CST at The Understudy Coffee and Books, American Theatre magazine will host 'Grown in Chicago,' a panel conversation featuring local Chicago theatre leaders. RSVP here: tcg.org/Web/Events/Eve…

Resident playwright Jonathan Norton has been named interim artistic director of Dallas Theater Center. americantheatre.org/2024/04/19/jon…

Playwright Elaine Romero🌵 remembers BorderlandsTheater founder Barclay Goldsmith as a friend, colleague, nurturer, and fierce advocate for the talent and potential of others, particularly immigrants and others on the margins. americantheatre.org/2024/04/19/bar…

Did you know that Ingrid Michaelson used to teach theatre? Or that Mark Clayton Southers listens to Dinah Washington? Get to know our Spring People to Watch here: americantheatre.org/2024/04/22/peo…

HEY CHICAGO FRIENDS! On May 6 at 7:30 p.m. CST at The Understudy Coffee and Books, American Theatre magazine will host 'Grown in Chicago,' a panel conversation featuring local Chicago theatre leaders. RSVP here: tcg.org/Web/Events/Eve…

Thanks to generous support from the Theater League of Kansas City, 30 U.S.-based Black, Indigenous, and Theatres of Color will receive $10,000 grants for unrestricted general operating support as part of Theatre Communications Group's THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color program. americantheatre.org/2024/04/23/the…

Erica Ezold has been named executive director of Philadelphia's Quintessence Theatre as the theatre plans its next move: to purchase and renovate the historic Sedgwick Theater in Northwest Philly. americantheatre.org/2024/04/24/eri…

Kate Bergstrom, an experienced director and independent producer, has been named the new artistic director of The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, succeeding Hana S. Sharif in the post after a 6-month search. Bergstrom will start at the job on May 13.
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It began as an online diversion during the all-virtual 2021 Tennessee Williams Festival. Now TW Theatre Company's THE FELT MENAGERIE, a puppet take on Tennessee Williams, is coming to various New Orleans venues starting May 10. americantheatre.org/2024/04/24/som…

'When I don't understand the things that are motivating to my students, and I tamp that down, I'm doing them a disservice. I'm not listening to them. But...when I let them learn through the things that matter to them and you see them thrive, that's joyful.'americantheatre.org/2024/04/24/the…

Business leader and best-selling author of 'red helicopter' James Rhee has been named as a plenary speaker at Theatre Communications Group's National Conference in Chicago, June 20-22.
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Performances of Lloyd Suh's THE FAR COUNTRY begin tonight at Yale Rep. Read up on the play's gestation in this dialogue with Suh and 2 other playwrights, Aleshea Harris and Sanaz Toossi, as they discuss language, culture, and who their plays are for. americantheatre.org/2023/07/27/san…

'Our cost used to be, if you thought, okay, 2,000 people are going to see this show, and the cost per person if we didn’t raise independent money was $150 or $175. Now it’s more like $350 to $450, if people were to pay what it costs to make the work.' americantheatre.org/2024/04/25/kri…

On May 13, VoyageTheaterCompany's 'Say Gay Plays' event will debut 10 short LGBTQ+-themed plays to benefit homeless queer youth, and make them available royalty-free for other orgs to stage benefits for LGBTQ+ causes.
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