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Director, frequent collaborator, and friend Carey Perloff remembers era-defining dramatist Tom Stoppard.
Tom Stoppard Made Us All Smarter
A frequent collaborator and friend reflects on the entwined life and work of an era-defining English dramatist, whose brilliance masked a secret sorrow.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Director, frequent collaborator, and friend Carey Perloff remembers era-defining dramatist Tom Stoppard.
For 4 decades, this Los Angeles troupe has staged vital theatre by, for, and about their community.
Who Is Latino Theater Company’s Work For? It’s in the Name
For 4 decades, this Los Angeles troupe has developed and staged vital theatre by, for, and about their community, and for about half that time have also run a multi-venue city facility.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
For 4 decades, this Los Angeles troupe has staged vital theatre by, for, and about their community.
Springboard to Design has launched a $150,000 fundraising campaign, led by Tony-winning designers Clint Ramos and David Zinn. You can contribute to this high school training program for underrepresented theatre designers here:
Springboard to Design
By Design Action
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November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Springboard to Design has launched a $150,000 fundraising campaign, led by Tony-winning designers Clint Ramos and David Zinn. You can contribute to this high school training program for underrepresented theatre designers here:
This awards roundup includes prizes and commissions for emerging artists, including the latest Youngblood cohort at Ensemble Studio Theatre, work championing Indigenous voices, and more.
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Youngblood Playwrights, YoungArts Winners, and More
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This awards roundup includes prizes and commissions for emerging artists, including the latest Youngblood cohort at Ensemble Studio Theatre, work championing Indigenous voices, and more.
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Stories Matter Foundation has announced a new free three-month Write Where You Are writing fellowship program, in partnership with Lookingglass Theatre Company, to support and empower diverse voices across Chicago. Applications are due January 30.
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Write Where You Are Writing Fellowship - StoryStudio Chicago
Do you have a story? Do you want to take ownership of your narrative? Join us for the Write Where You Are Writing Fellowship. Applications are open! Deadline to apply:…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Stories Matter Foundation has announced a new free three-month Write Where You Are writing fellowship program, in partnership with Lookingglass Theatre Company, to support and empower diverse voices across Chicago. Applications are due January 30.
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This edition of Roll Call features leaders and artists who are standing out in the Boston theatre community, behind the scenes, onstage, and in administration and education.
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6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
This edition features leaders and artists who are standing out in the Boston theatre community.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This edition of Roll Call features leaders and artists who are standing out in the Boston theatre community, behind the scenes, onstage, and in administration and education.
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NEW COLUMN: Gabriela Furtado Coutinho’s first installment of Dramática highlights artists (emerging and seasoned alike) around the country who harness superpowers around sensitivity and, yes, drama.
Dramática: No Place Like You
The first installment of a new column explores how theatre artists in D.C. and Chicago interpret being called 'too dramatic,' and what home or belonging means in their art.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
NEW COLUMN: Gabriela Furtado Coutinho’s first installment of Dramática highlights artists (emerging and seasoned alike) around the country who harness superpowers around sensitivity and, yes, drama.
Earlier this month, Adam Wassilchalk attended the 2025 TCG Fall Forum. He reports back on the New York City conference for theatre leaders’ concepts of thoughtful, courageous, and sustainable change, with insights on new models of funding, transitions in leadership, and more.
TCG Fall Forum 2025: Navigating the Long Arc of Change
This year’s gathering on theatre governance welcomed leaders back to New York to explore change—and the courage it takes to make it happen.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Earlier this month, Adam Wassilchalk attended the 2025 TCG Fall Forum. He reports back on the New York City conference for theatre leaders’ concepts of thoughtful, courageous, and sustainable change, with insights on new models of funding, transitions in leadership, and more.
Our latest roundup of American theatre leadership changes includes big changes at California theatres: Pam MacKinnon’s departure from ACT, a welcome to Jessica Stone as artistic director of @lajollaplayhouse.bsky.social, and a passing of the torch from Sahar Assaf to Nabra Nelson at Golden Thread.
Leadership Changes at ACT, La Jolla, Golden Thread, and More
Big changes at California theatres and other comings and goings at the top of U.S. theatre institutions.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Our latest roundup of American theatre leadership changes includes big changes at California theatres: Pam MacKinnon’s departure from ACT, a welcome to Jessica Stone as artistic director of @lajollaplayhouse.bsky.social, and a passing of the torch from Sahar Assaf to Nabra Nelson at Golden Thread.
TheatreWashington's new economic impact report set out to measure the scale, reach, and impact of the Washington, D.C. region’s theatre industry.
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TheatreWashington Releases First Economic Impact Report
The new report set out to measure the scale and reach of the Washington, D.C. region's theatre industry.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
TheatreWashington's new economic impact report set out to measure the scale, reach, and impact of the Washington, D.C. region’s theatre industry.
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TCG, the publisher of this magazine, is proud to join Fall of Freedom in defiance of authoritarianism. We hope the linked page, featuring advocacy videos and reading lists, will inspire you during our urgent moment.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
TCG, the publisher of this magazine, is proud to join Fall of Freedom in defiance of authoritarianism. We hope the linked page, featuring advocacy videos and reading lists, will inspire you during our urgent moment.
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Madeline Easley details an experience working with the Wyandots of Kansas while writing a new play for Kansas City Repertory Theatre that touched on deep, nuanced, multi-governmental politics—and how that contrasts with her other experiences in the American theatre. howlround.com/responsibili...
The Responsibility We Carry
|Madeline EasleyMadeline Easley details an experience working with the Wyandots of Kansas while writing a new play for Kansas City Repertory Theatre that touched on deep, nuanced, multi-governmental p...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Madeline Easley details an experience working with the Wyandots of Kansas while writing a new play for Kansas City Repertory Theatre that touched on deep, nuanced, multi-governmental politics—and how that contrasts with her other experiences in the American theatre. howlround.com/responsibili...
The study by Mellon Foundation and NORC at the University of Chicago set out to paint a comprehensive portrait of the realities of pursuing work an artist in today’s economy.
New Survey of Artists Highlights Challenges of Sustaining Creative Work
The study by Mellon Foundation and NORC at the University of Chicago set out to paint a comprehensive portrait of the realities of pursuing work an artist in today’s economy.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The study by Mellon Foundation and NORC at the University of Chicago set out to paint a comprehensive portrait of the realities of pursuing work an artist in today’s economy.
The leading national service organization for Theatre for Young Audiences will host its next conference on May 27-29, 2026, with a wide array of performances and panels.
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TYA/USA Announces 2026 Festival and Conference at Alliance Theatre
The leading national service organization for Theatre for Young Audiences will host its next conference on May 27-29, 2026, with a wide array of performances and panels.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The leading national service organization for Theatre for Young Audiences will host its next conference on May 27-29, 2026, with a wide array of performances and panels.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical HAMILTON will have an authorized ‘Teen Edition’ starting in 2028 through Concord Theatricals, which has secured its worldwide secondary stage licensing rights.
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Concord Acquires Licensing Rights for ‘Hamilton’
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical will have an authorized ‘Teen Edition’ starting in 2028.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical HAMILTON will have an authorized ‘Teen Edition’ starting in 2028 through Concord Theatricals, which has secured its worldwide secondary stage licensing rights.
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I wrote about Else Went’s high school epic “Initiative,” now running at the Public Theater—and why the theater’s director of new work development calls it “the definitive play of a generation.”
In This Show, Four Years of High School Unfold Over Five Hours
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November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I wrote about Else Went’s high school epic “Initiative,” now running at the Public Theater—and why the theater’s director of new work development calls it “the definitive play of a generation.”
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Director Malkia Stampley returns to the Podcast to discuss how A CHRISTMAS CAROL @goodmantheatre.bsky.social (which she's directing for the first time) changes every year to reflect the world we live in. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org
Malkia’s Christmas Carol - Reduced Shakespeare Company
Malkia Stampley (above) is directing the Goodman Theatre's 48th annual production of A Christmas Carol (in previews now, opening Sunday, and running through New Year's Eve), and reflects how her exper...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Director Malkia Stampley returns to the Podcast to discuss how A CHRISTMAS CAROL @goodmantheatre.bsky.social (which she's directing for the first time) changes every year to reflect the world we live in. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org
Allison Considine fills us in on International Thespian Society updates, fall productions, post-show Denny's, and more in the latest AT Education Monthly.
Once a Thespian, Always a Thespian
In the latest AT Education Monthly, International Thespian Society updates, post-show Denny's, fall productions, the HBCU edge, and more.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Allison Considine fills us in on International Thespian Society updates, fall productions, post-show Denny's, and more in the latest AT Education Monthly.
How did the nonprofit resident theatre movement, originally created as an alternative to Broadway, grow into a system that itself cries out for transformative change? In an excerpt from his new book CROSSROADS IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE, Seth Gordon interviews four theatre leaders about this.
What Happened to the U.S. Nonprofit Theatre Movement?
An excerpt from a new book ponders an industry that seems to have lost its way, even as it has grown—and what its future may hold.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
How did the nonprofit resident theatre movement, originally created as an alternative to Broadway, grow into a system that itself cries out for transformative change? In an excerpt from his new book CROSSROADS IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE, Seth Gordon interviews four theatre leaders about this.
BREAKING: The Kilroys, an advocacy group for women and TGNC playwrights, present a new iteration of their online resource uplifting makers and champions of new plays.
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The Kilroys Reveal Round 2 of The Web
The advocacy group for women and TGNC playwrights presents a new iteration of their online resource uplifting makers and champions of new plays.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
BREAKING: The Kilroys, an advocacy group for women and TGNC playwrights, present a new iteration of their online resource uplifting makers and champions of new plays.
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For our fall 2025 print issue, Nikki Massoud checks in with theatre casting directors amid the Great Contraction and a time of turbulence in the field, who tell us about where we are right now, how we got here, and where we are going.
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Cast Away: Casting Directors’ Challenges Amid the Great Contraction
They help hire actors; they also mostly work for hire. What can casting directors tell us about the industry’s health and future?
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November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For our fall 2025 print issue, Nikki Massoud checks in with theatre casting directors amid the Great Contraction and a time of turbulence in the field, who tell us about where we are right now, how we got here, and where we are going.
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BREAKING: TCG selects San Juan for 2026 National Conference.
TCG Selects San Juan, Puerto Rico for 2026 National Conference
The next TCG conference aims to bring together a global community of theatremakers at an intersection of Latin American and the continental United States.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
BREAKING: TCG selects San Juan for 2026 National Conference.
In the latest installment of Goes to Show, Zora Howard talks “Hang Time,” Richard Thomas revives Hal Holbrook’s “Mark Twain Tonight,” and your columnist Rob Weinert-Kendt fills us in on world premieres across the U.S.
Zora Howard Wants Art to Shake Us
Plus: Richard Thomas revives Hal Holbrook's 'Mark Twain Tonight,' and a listing of world premieres across the U.S.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
In the latest installment of Goes to Show, Zora Howard talks “Hang Time,” Richard Thomas revives Hal Holbrook’s “Mark Twain Tonight,” and your columnist Rob Weinert-Kendt fills us in on world premieres across the U.S.
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Twenty-nine years ago tonight, 11/14/96, our revival of CHICAGO opened on Broadway.
Happy Birthday CHICAGO💙
Happy Birthday CHICAGO💙
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Twenty-nine years ago tonight, 11/14/96, our revival of CHICAGO opened on Broadway.
Happy Birthday CHICAGO💙
Happy Birthday CHICAGO💙
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My new Goes To Show column for American Theatre features Zora Howard's HANG TIME, Richard Thomas in MARK TWAIN TONIGHT, and a list of world premieres this month all across the U.S. www.americantheatre.org/2025/11/14/z...
Zora Howard Wants Art to Shake Us
Plus: Richard Thomas revives Hal Holbrook's 'Mark Twain Tonight,' and a listing of world premieres across the U.S.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
My new Goes To Show column for American Theatre features Zora Howard's HANG TIME, Richard Thomas in MARK TWAIN TONIGHT, and a list of world premieres this month all across the U.S. www.americantheatre.org/2025/11/14/z...