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Renaissance Theaterworks @rtwmke.bsky.social · 5d
"...I have a great job doing what I love, and I work with the best of friends"
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Join us in celebrating Suzan this season. The Seazon of Suzan begins with SWITZERLAND by Joanna Murray-Smith opening Oct 19!
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Suzan Fete Reflects on 33 Years of Leading Renaissance Theaterworks
The artistic director and co-founder (and Betty Award winner) will retire at the end of the season in May.
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Michaela @michaelabulkley.bsky.social · 3d
Theatre Commons LA is by and for our Los Angeles theatre community, and we will be celebrating the launch of the new theatre listing website on Oct 20th at the Pasadena Playhouse.
This event is open to any members of the Los Angeles theatrical community. event.pasadenaplayhouse.org/tclappla
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 3d
A life-changing course with Paula Vogel, San Francisco, post-grad revelations, The Kilroys, joy, and loss on this episode of “The Subtext.” 
Sarah Mantell, Illustrator-Turned-Playwright
A life-changing course with Paula Vogel, San Francisco, post-grad revelations, The Kilroys, joy, and loss on this episode of “The Subtext.”
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 3d
In Rob’s latest column, he chats with playwright Bess Wohl about her great new feminist play LIBERATION, and brings us around NYC with the clever comedy of Abby Wambaugh’s ‘The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows,’ Big Bang readings at his church, and more.
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Bess Wohl: Listening for ‘Liberation’
The playwright talks about her great new feminist play. Plus: the clever comedy of Abby Wambaugh's 'The First 3 Minutes of 17 Show,' Big Bang readings, and more.
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Rob Weinert-Kendt @robkendt.bsky.social · 3d
I love Bess Wohl's play LIBERATION (you can see it on Broadway starting this month), and I loved debriefing with her about it for this month's column. Also: Abby Wambaugh's smart comedy & a full list of world premiere plays this month. www.americantheatre.org/2025/10/10/b...
Bess Wohl: Listening for ‘Liberation’
The playwright talks about her great new feminist play. Plus: the clever comedy of Abby Wambaugh's 'The First 3 Minutes of 17 Show,' Big Bang readings, and more.
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NYU Skirball @nyuskirball.bsky.social · 4d
Happy Opening to KRAPP'S LAST TAPE! Celebrate with this behind-the-scenes look: a stunning costume sketch by designer Katie Davenport, a two-time Irish Times Theatre Award winner.

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📼 Stephen Rea: Krapp’s Last Tape
🗓 Oct 8-19
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 4d
“Men had us thinking we needed ‘em. And long before we knew such a thing as feminism, there was a little girl named Alberta, who knew she had to speak her mind.” -Alberta Hunter, performed by Nedra Marie Taylor, in Tanya Everett's “God Loves a Sinner Like Me” for Classical Theatre of Harlem
‘God Loves a Sinner Like Me’: A Short Play About Alberta Hunter
In this monologue by Tanya Everett, performed by Nedra Marie Taylor, we hear from the legendary blues and jazz singer-songwriter who wrote 'Downhearted Blues.'
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Kelundra @pieceofkay.bsky.social · 4d
#QOTD: "Theater, after all, is an art form of the relentless present, but one that builds retrospection and anticipation as it moves inexorably forward." -Robbie McCauley #inspirationalquotes #quoteoftheday
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 4d
This awards roundup includes news for major playwrights' residencies (including MacDowell and MacArthur), Chicago’s Jeff Awards for Equity theatres, the Stephen Schwartz and Mark O'Donnell Prizes, and more.
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MacDowell and MacArthur, Equity Jeff Awards, Stephen Schwartz Award, and More
This month's awards include MacDowell and MacArthur residencies, Chicago’s Equity Jeff Awards, prizes awarded to NYC musical theatre composers, and more.
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 4d
You've got one week left to take advantage of our Somos Teatro book sale! Through Wednesday, October 15, we’re offering 50% off must-read titles by amazing Latine playwrights! Use the code HHM50 to unlock savings. https://indiepubs.com/collections/hispanic-heritage-month
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 5d
Hosted by McCauley's daughter, composer Jessie Montgomery, enjoy an evening of music, readings, and remembrance. Jessie and and fellow musicians will perform original compositions from McCauley's plays as a part of the event. Copies of the book will be for sale. Registration link to come.
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 5d
SAVE THE DATE: Join TCG on Saturday, Oct. 25 for "Preludes, Interludes, and Epilogues" to celebrate the release of "The Struggle Continues: Robbie McCauley" at The Second Floor in Chicago.
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 5d
A thread of protest, censorship, and direct action runs through this month’s entries, including El Teatro Campesino’s founding amidst the Delano Grape Strike, the inaugural Women’s One World Festival, and more.
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This Month in Theatre History
A thread of protest, censorship, and direct action runs through this month's entries.
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 6d
Join Theatre Communications Group and the Center for Fiction on Wednesday, October 8 for an evening with award-winning playwright, librettist, and author David Henry Hwang to celebrate the release of Yellow Face, the Broadway Edition. Register here: centerforfiction.org/event/story-...
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NEH Union - AFGE L3403 @nehafge3403.bsky.social · 7d
"This far-reaching economic impact (of #NEA and #NEH) stabilizes and revitalizes communities, from rural towns to urban centers, and strengthens small and large businesses, fostering thriving local economies." - Jennifer Dorning, Pres. of the Dept. for Professional Employees, @aflcio.org
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 7d
It’s a good thing that unions and employers have a shared interest in the robust funding of the NEA and NEH—because it’s going to take a united front to make it happen, writes Jennifer Dorning, president of the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO.

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Federal Funding for Nonprofit Arts Is Going to Be a Team Effort
It’s a good thing that unions and employers have a shared interest in the robust funding of the NEA and NEH—because it’s going to take a united front to make it happen.
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 7d
In our latest issue, prolific solo performer Marga Gomez talks about ‘Spanish Stew,’ a new show about her arrival in San Francisco in the 1970s.
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People to Watch: Marga Gomez
The prolific solo performer talks about 'Spanish Stew,' a new show about her arrival in San Francisco in the 1970s.
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 7d
It’s a good thing that unions and employers have a shared interest in the robust funding of the NEA and NEH—because it’s going to take a united front to make it happen, writes Jennifer Dorning, president of the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO.

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Federal Funding for Nonprofit Arts Is Going to Be a Team Effort
It’s a good thing that unions and employers have a shared interest in the robust funding of the NEA and NEH—because it’s going to take a united front to make it happen.
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 10d
“How do we sustain our organizations? How do we secure our future and remain relevant in a rapidly shifting cultural landscape?” For Val Day, the artistic director of 59E59 Theaters, shaping the space where the work happens and letting partnering artists lead can lead to a sustainable art form.
Artistic Directors Should Create Space, Not Control It
The leader of 59E59, an Off-Broadway theatre complex that programs more than 30 shows a year, offers a vision for the sustainability of the art form.
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 10d
“I really wanted to create a classical American, classical Latin play—put the Latin family into the canon of great American family plays… I wanted us to be a part of that.” - John Leguizamo
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John Leguizamo’s Latin American Dream
On this episode the editors dive deep into our fall AT issue with dramaturg/journalist Dezi Tibbs, then dig into Latin American representation with playwright-performer John Leguizamo.
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Renaissance Theaterworks @rtwmke.bsky.social · 11d
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Leadership Changes at Actors Theatre, MTC, ATC, Woolly, and More
A roundup of comings and goings at the top of U.S. theatre institutions.
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 11d
As the nation's capital enters a government shutdown, D.C. theatres are responding to the moment. Some venues are closed, others still open, and many have offered discounts to paused federal workers.
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What the Government Shutdown Means for D.C. Theatres
Some venues are closed, others still open, and many have offered discounts to paused federal workers.
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 11d
L M Feldman’s new queer love story ANOTHER KIND OF SILENCE, starting its rolling world premiere at Pittsburgh’s City Theatre, uses ASL and English for more than mere explication.
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Signs of Life in ‘Another Kind of Silence’
L M Feldman’s new queer love story, starting its rolling world premiere at Pittsburgh’s City Theatre, uses ASL and English for more than mere explication.
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HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 11d
Robert Hubbard details the ways the Commonweal Theatre Company's resident ensemble operates, highlighting their artist/administrator doubling, artistic excellence, and embeddedness in the surrounding community. ⁠ howlround.com/rural-minnes...
In Rural Minnesota, This Resident Ensemble Model Thrives
|Robert HubbardThe Commonweal Theatre Company acts as a model for thriving theatre in a rural setting. Robert Hubbard details the ways the company’s resident ensemble operates, highlighting their arti...
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 11d
A small, nimble theatre in the Last Frontier’s largest city has been programming classics and new works there for 33 years. For this month's Know a Theatre, we chatted with Cyrano's Theatre Company artistic director Teresa K. Pond.
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Know a Theatre: Cyrano’s Theatre Company of Anchorage, Alaska
A small, nimble theatre in the Last Frontier's largest city has been programming classics and new works there for 33 years.
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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 12d
In October's Entrances & Exits roundup, leadership changes include entrances from Amelia Acosta Powell and Emily Tarquin at Actors Theatre, David Schmitz at ACT, Nicki Hunter at MTC, and a new artistic collective of Kristen B. Jackson, Sonia Fernandez, Mina Morita, and Ben Levine at Woolly Mammoth.
Leadership Changes at Actors Theatre, MTC, ATC, Woolly, and More
A roundup of comings and goings at the top of U.S. theatre institutions.
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