113 stories by "Alexandra Pierson"
The former associate artistic director of Roundabout Theatre Company brings 'new-play energy' to a post soon to be vacated by director John Doyle.
It is the first debut play to receive the prize, which includes $25,000 and a signed limited-edition print by artist Willem de Kooning.
Chiara Atik received the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for 'Poor Clare,' and Makasha Copeland received the M. Elizabeth Osborn Award for 'Extreme Home Makeover.'
On this episode, the editors talk to the founding artistic director of Mixed Blood Theatre, Jack Reuler, and his soon-to-be successor Mark Valdez about leadership, social justice, and the fu…
The award, which comes with a $60,000 prize, recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting among emerging talents.
April has been an eventful theatre month, from Mae West's obscenity charges to Shakespeare's birthday to the Tony Awards ceremony.
After 18 and 50 years respectively at the helm of Asolo Rep, the theatre's producing artistic director and managing director will step down in June of 2023.
The second round of 2021-22 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards, totaling $731,000, will support 16 world premiere productions with extended development and rehearsal time.
Presented in honor of his play 'tiny father,' the prize includes a $10,000 award and the accompanying $10,000 Jay Harris Commission to write a new play.
53 percent of theatregoers are not in favor of ending the mask requirement on April 30, and 77 percent are very negative about eliminating the vaccination requirement.
The $2.1 million in expedited arts funding includes $1.6 million for Chicago small arts organizations and $576,000 for general operating renewal grants.
The second annual youth playwriting festival, currently accepting short play submissions from students in grades 3-12, aims bring theatre education into Boston area classrooms.
On this episode the editors talk to the director of the drama '7 Minutes' about labor, management, and new-play development .
The original Orin Dennis from 'Children of Lesser God,' the self-starting Merkin had a rich career as a Deaf theatre innovator, mentor, and raconteur.
A seasoned fundraiser, she is tasked with activating and growing TCG's major gifts and planned giving.
6 new short plays with an Afrofuturist focus will be created by native Detroit artists over the span of 48 hours and performed live on Sunday, March 27.
The 5th annual festival will run April 1-10 and will feature a lineup of 85 shows and events from 64 organizations.
The Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account, which tracks the annual economic impact of U.S. arts and cultural production, has recorded areas of loss and growth during the pandemic.
Matthew Capodicasa, Gloria Majule, and Alex Riad are the first playwrights selected by the Judith Champion Launch Commissioning Program.
The program, a collaboration among BTU, CUNY, and 4 entertainment marketing and ad agencies, will offer paid summer internships to 8 undergraduate students, with the aim of increasing access…
Despite small gains by women, non-binary folks, and people of color, union data confirm that cis white men remain most visible and well paid actors and stage managers.
5 early-career musical theatre creators or teams will receive $10,000 unrestricted grants, along with residencies, concerts, and recording opportunities.
From regional theatres to Broadway, stars minted by RuPaul are showing up in a wide range of roles, pointing the way toward a more inclusively fabulous field.
The editors speak to the playwright of 'Dream Hou$e,' a new play about gentrification, sisterhood, and reality TV, now onstage at Long Wharf Theatre.
Actors Theatre of Louisville has cancelled this year's new-play fest to pivot to other means of supporting and lifting playwrights' work.
