ASHLAND, ORE.: Play On Shakespeare has announced Taylor Bailey as their new interim executive director. He succeeds Dr. Lue Douthit, who will helm a new department at Play On Shakespeare focusing on ...

The partnership between the theatre group and facility will include an opening production of ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ by Jocelyn Bioh and free community events. This month spotlights a ...

Are you still singing out your window on the Upper West Side? No, I’m glad that finally ended. I was thinking, how am I going to end this? It was literally every day for two and a half months, and the ...

The commissioning program Generation Now emerged from a desire to diversify TYA, and may offer a model for more communicative collaboration across companies. “It’s the conversations we have that set ...

Quetzali goes big in another way: It’s part of the national TYA BIPOC Superhero Project, a Theatre for Young Audiences/USA effort designed to connect playwrights of color with TYA theatres. The effort ...

This episode features a chat on the stage of Manhattan Theatre Club with playwright Jonathan Spector, and a check-in with Seattle Times arts writer Gemma Wilson. You ...

An interview with the playwright of ‘Eureka Day’ about creating the play in a pre-Covid world and seeing the show anew through a changed society. Jonathan Spector’s play Eureka Day follows several ...

This month, Allison speaks with the dean of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television about navigating the fires in California. I started the new year by stepping outside my comfort zone and ...

The Los Angeles playwright discusses nonprofit farces, community-engaged theatre, and the magic of theatre. It was originally commissioned by Center Theatre Group, so I wanted it to appeal to an ...

Theatre audiences and their preferences are changing—are theatres ready to change with them? A Wallace study looks at evolving strategies. Believe it or not, the nonprofit professional theatre was ...

Last October, I had the chance to attend the annual Freedom Awards, hosted by the National Civil Rights Museum. The 2024 honorees were civil rights attorney Sherrilyn Ifill, civil rights leader ...

Her last day as chairman of the federal arts endowment was Jan. 20, the day of President Trump’s second inauguration. She concludes her letter with an expression of gratitude “for the experience and ...