With the departure of co-founder Dawn Simmons, Parent assumes sole leadership on July 1, while education director Pascale Florestal steps up to be the associate artistic director. BOSTON: Front Porch ...

We can’t always claim that articles in American Theatre directly make change in the field we cover. But in August 2022, after reading and discussing an AT op-ed by Michael J. Bobbitt titled “Boards ...

Summer stock—the time-honored tradition of professional theatres that primarily operate from early through late summer, with repertory companies that rehearse and perform simultaneously—is still very ...

NEW YORK CITY: This year’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama, which includes a $15,000 award, has been awarded to Branden Jacobs-Jenkins for his play Purpose, which had its premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre ...

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A begrudging Pulitzer, a court case turned theatre (twice over), an award-winning life story, and a world premiere. Support American Theatre: a just and thriving theatre ecology begins with ...

The Chicago-based nonprofit A.B.L.E.’s recent show piloted a new production process, aiming to expand the work of changing public perceptions of artists with disabilities. In the final scene of ...

In a devised docu-theatre play earlier this year, Trinity Rep revisited a disastrous war—and a previous show—from all sides of the front line. On that bitterly cold Rhode Island afternoon, the ...

NEW YORK CITY: The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today that, based on the recommendation of the American Theatre Critics Association, The Muny—the common name for the Municipal ...

The writer of ‘Funny, Like an Abortion’ and ‘The Night Witches’ talks about long commutes, writing science plays, and the parts she wishes she’d been able to play in school. Bublitz grew up doing ...

In conjunction with the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives, Indigenous playwrights received cash awards. “I have loved this play from the moment I read it,” said ...

The administration’s 2026 budget comes at a time when the future of NEA staff and grant programs remains in doubt. Checking in with the Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Prep, theatre programs in ...