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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 collaboration between the University of Tennessee and …
About Us - AMERICAN THEATRE
American Theatre magazine is the nation’s only general-circulation magazine devoted to theatre. Founded in 1984 by the pioneering arts service organization Theatre Communications Group, the magazine featured cowboy-hatted playwright Sam Shepard on its first cover in April of that year. Since the fall of 2023, it is published quarterly. American …
Spring 2024 - AMERICAN THEATRE
From the Editor Contributors From the Executive Office Front and Center: Alliance Theatre’s The Preacher’s Wife, discounts for young audiences, Black Out nights, Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans’s The Felt Menagerie, Know Theatre’s The Light Chasers, Court Theatre’s Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution People …
Fall 2024 - AMERICAN THEATRE
Kya Brickhouse in The Exodus Ensemble production of “HAMLET.” (Photo by Elias Rios) Tales From Behind the Scenes By Boutayna Chokrane Hear from some of the folks who ensure that the show goes on as they recall memorable moments in their careers. Every Show for Everyone By Crystal Paul Looking to push beyond the occasional “sensory-friendly” offerings, some theatremakers are moving the ...
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THEATRE FUTURES LANDING - AMERICAN THEATRE
Theatre Futures For this visionary series sponsored by the Ford Foundation, which will roll out through the fall of 2024, American Theatre asked leading theatre thinkers to envision the future of this art form and industry as it stands at a historic crossroads. Contributors’ thoughts are grouped in four general themes: Business models and collaboration, looking at …
The Top 10* Most-Produced Plays of the 2024-25 Season
Sep 25, 2024 · The U.S. Constitution has been called a living document, but it has seldom felt more alive than in Heidi Schreck’s searching, humane quasi-memoir What the Constitution Means to Me, which tops our list for the second year in a row.It is probably not surprising, given that we’re in a uniquely fraught election year, that theatres around the …
Summer 2024 - AMERICAN THEATRE
Featured Contributors From the Editor From the Executive Office Front and Center: Girls on Sand at Northern Sky Theater, Vernal & Sere’s Hurricane Season, An Enemy of the Pueblo at Western Stage, League of Live Stream Theater, League of Chicago Theatres’ Community Engagement Series, In the Pocket at True Colors Theatre People to Watch: Whitney White, Kecia Lewis
2022-2023 - AMERICAN THEATRE
American Theatre provides news, features, artist interviews, and editorials about theatre in the US and abroad.
Theatres No Longer Bound to the Stage - AMERICAN THEATRE
Nov 21, 2023 · After entering an era of hybrid and digital programming, how have our stories expanded, and even become untethered to the stage?And how can we sustain this work in the American theatre? Spreading across 2,549 miles on land and 6,949 miles by sea, THRIVE! recipient theatres Junebug Productions, Last Call, Su Teatro, Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company, and Breaking Wave ...