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Is theatre criticism dying? Not if American Theatre and the PGH Public Theater have anything to say about. Our new partnership, Critical Insight, will mentor arts journalists and critics in the Pittsburgh region throughout the 2024-25 season. americantheatre.org/2024/04/09/pit…

'Essentially I was involved in the act of reimagining the past in the present and putting it onstage. That’s an act of trying to queer these events that have happened in real life, and the events that exist in the imagination.' americantheatre.org/2024/04/09/a-s…

“I like to write about what it’s like to live in the time we’re in, and the time we’re in is shifting so quickly. I keep saying history rewrites my plays faster than I can.” americantheatre.org/2024/04/09/the…

Our Spring 2024 print issue is now available at Drama Book Shop in New York City and The Understudy in Chicago. To receive it in the mail, along with all our upcoming issues, please subscribe at americantheatre.org/join/

Do you know these six Atlanta theatremakers? Well, you should! This edition of Role Call features an intimacy choreographer, a multidisciplinary artist, an engagement director, a playwright, a multihyphenate theatre professor, and a performer. americantheatre.org/2024/04/10/6-t…

Theatre educators: What shows are you and your students bringing to the stage this spring? Photos welcome!

Lots of goodies in this week's Awards Roundup, including Whiting Foundation Awards, American Blues Thtr's Blue Ink Award, and 19 honored young playwrights:

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Why did Amy Herzog and Heidi Schreck take time out of writing their own plays to adapt AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE and UNCLE VANYA, respectively, for Broadway? They talk to editor Rob Weinert-Kendt about what they learned about these plays, and about themselves. americantheatre.org/2024/04/11/hen…

1. Friday arts news: Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) Artistic Director Chris Coleman was among 50 national arts leaders in Washington on Thursday to rally lawmakers in support of the $5 billion #STAGEAct . In the The Denver Gazette --> denvergazette.com/arts-entertain… Arena Stage American Theatre

Tonight James Ijames's Pulitzer-winning FAT HAM starts performances at Seattle Rep; it also starts at Fayetteville, Ark.'s TheatreSquared next week. Here's our The Subtext Podcast interview with the playwright about the art-loving family that inspired him. americantheatre.org/2023/03/21/the…

Tonight at Austin's The VORTEX Repertory, Lisa B. Thompson’s new play, 'Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body,' begins performances. Here's Ramona Harper's preview feature on the play, in which Thompson seeks a softer life for Black women as they age. americantheatre.org/2024/03/18/bla…

What a joy to elevate the work of some of Atlanta's most talented theatre artists! Check out this special ATL edition of Role Call.

Congratulations to our Co-Artistic Director Caridad Svich who was named a 2024 GuggenheimFoundation in Drama & Performance Art!

Just discovered all the Dramatists Guild hour-long conversation videos on YouTube from the mid-late 2010s: Friedman/Kushner, Ruhl/Howe, Baker/McNally, Lindsay-Abaire/Durang, Rebeck/Guare... youtube.com/@DGFdn

Lots of goodies in this week's Awards Roundup, including Whiting Foundation Awards, American Blues Thtr's Blue Ink Award, and 19 honored young playwrights:

americantheatre.org/2024/04/10/whi…

Theatre educators: What shows are you and your students bringing to the stage this spring? Photos welcome!

'I don’t know if this happened to you, but I did get to a point where I was like, 'It’s a lie—translation is a lie!' I’m making this up, and everybody else has been making it up too. We’ll never really know what this play is.' americantheatre.org/2024/04/11/hen…

Don't forget to tune in for this exciting episode of Offscript tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET! fb.me/e/4j9YFldB7

#tbt In our April 1985 issue, Jan Stuart reported appreciatively on 'New American Epics' by Peter Parnell, Michael Weller, Thomas Babe, and John Guare, who set out to bust American drama out of the living room into the open spaces of the nation's history. americantheatre.org/1985/04/01/sta…