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Managing Editor, American Theatre magazine. Tips/pitches:
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J.R. Pierce
American Theatre
13 days ago
In this edition of managing editor Jerald Raymond Pierce's Sightlines, we experience an inaugural WBEZ event, tour TimeLineâs newest space in Chicagoâs Uptown neighborhood, and learn more about a Seattle-based designer.
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Seeking: New Chicago Theatre Hangouts
In this edition of Sightlines, we experience an inaugural WBEZ theatre event, tour TimeLine's newest space in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, and hear from a rising costume designer.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2025/12/19/seeking-new-chicago-theatre-hangouts/
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American Theatre
15 days ago
Over the past few months, American Theatre surveyed industry workers, leaders, and observers for the plays and musicals that have shaped theatre in the U.S. in the 21st century. We've compiled the results into 50 remarkable titles. Which titles would you include on your list?
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The Shows That Reloaded the Canon for the 21st Century
To compile this list of the new millennium's influential plays and musicals, we turned to industry workers, leaders, and observers to come up with 50 that pushed theatre forward.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2025/12/17/50-plays-25-years/
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Rob Weinert-Kendt
15 days ago
This package was a labor of love (equal emphasis on both labor and love). Thank you to the entire American Theatre team who helped put it together, including
@thejrpierce.bsky.social
, Gabriela Furtado Coutinho,
@pieceofkay.bsky.social
&
@daniellaignacio.bsky.social
. Let a thousand discourses bloom
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American Theatre
about 1 month ago
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.
www.americantheatre.org/2025/11/24/6...
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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.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2025/11/24/6-theatre-workers-you-should-know-58/
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American Theatre
9 months ago
Managing editor Jerald Raymond Pierce recently immersed himself in the world of Candle House Collective's LENNOX MUTUAL. The experience engages participants in a series of 20-minute phone calls that can go to some very odd, personal places.
www.americantheatre.org/2025/04/11/y...
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Your Call Is Very Important to âLennox Mutualâ
Candle House Collective's personalized immersive experience engages participants in a series of 20-minute phone calls that can go to some very odd, personal places.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2025/04/11/your-call-is-very-important-to-lennox-mutual/
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J.R. Pierce
American Theatre
9 months ago
From our Winter 2025 issue, Jerald Raymond Pierce reports on MEMORIAM, a world premiere at Houstonâs Main Street Theater wherein people can rent and fully experience the memories of others.
www.americantheatre.org/2025/03/26/m...
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Memory Care in Noga Flaishonâs âMemoriamâ
In this world premiere at Houston's Main Street Theater, people can rent and fully experience the memories of others.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2025/03/26/memory-care-in-noga-flaishons-memoriam/
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J.R. Pierce
American Theatre
10 months ago
The
@aclu.org
&
@riaclu.bsky.social
have filed suit on behalf of theatre organizations, including TCG, to challenge a new NEA grant guideline mandating that applicants comply with the presidentâs anti-trans âgender ideologyâ executive order to receive funding.
www.americantheatre.org/2025/03/06/a...
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Artists Mount 1st Amendment Challenge to New NEA Grant Requirements
Filed by the ACLU on behalf of theatre organizations, including TCG, the suit is aimed at a new anti-trans guideline recently added by the endowment.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2025/03/06/artists-mount-1st-amendment-challenge-to-new-nea-grant-requirements/
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American Theatre
10 months ago
Back in 2024, Woodzick recorded an incredible 'Theatrical Mustang' episode with Sunam Ellis, a Seattle-based actor-director-educator, about Ellis's passions and practices to create caring spaces. Now available here or on any podcast streaming service!
www.americantheatre.org/2025/02/24/s...
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Sunam Ellis Wants to Hear Your Voice
In this episode, Woodzick talks with the Seattle-based creative about returning to acting, creating caring classrooms, and seeing the 'whole picture' as a director.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2025/02/24/sunam-ellis-wants-to-hear-your-voice/
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American Theatre
10 months ago
Available to read in our current issue, just saying.
www.americantheatre.org/winter-2025/
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American Theatre
10 months ago
From our Winter 2025 issue, Jerald Raymond Pierce previews Ankita Raturiâs response to Bram Stokerâs âDracula,â a world premiere play that explores what it means to try to survive in a new place when those already there treat you as a monster.
www.americantheatre.org/2025/02/18/g...
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Garden Variety Grown From âFifty Boxes of Earthâ
A response to Bram Stoker's 'Dracula,' Ankita Raturi's world premiere play explores what it means to try to survive in a new place when those already there treat you as a monster.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2025/02/18/garden-variety-grown-from-fifty-boxes-of-earth/
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Diep Tran
11 months ago
Are you an early career theater journalist or critic of color? You should apply for this program
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RLC 2025 - Overview
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J.R. Pierce
American Theatre
11 months ago
Steve H. Broadnax III caught the theatre bug at his hometown theatre, Little Rock's Arkansas Rep. Now he's returning as the theatre's artistic director, joining 2 other area natives, executive director Will Trice and producing director Ken-Matt Martin.
www.americantheatre.org/2025/02/14/r...
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Repping Arkansas: Arkansas Rep Hires Steve Broadnax III as Artistic Director
The versatile director returns to Little Rock, joining executive director Will Trice and producing director Ken-Matt Martin to lead their hometown regional theatre into its next chapter.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2025/02/14/repping-arkansas-arkansas-rep-hires-steve-broadnax-iii-as-artistic-director/
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Jonathan Spector
11 months ago
Had this fun chat with my old buddy
@isaacbutler.bsky.social
for
@americantheatre.bsky.social
's podcast about Eureka Day.
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Offscript: A Shot of âEureka Dayâ and a Visit to Seattle
This episode features a chat on the stage of Manhattan Theatre Club with playwright Jonathan Spector, and a check-in with Seattle Times arts writer Gemma Wilson.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2025/01/21/offscript-a-shot-of-eureka-day-and-a-visit-to-seattle/?fbclid=IwY2xjawH_KVJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcSM03UmVvYwgQZ5w0hCFX00ZETKWKBV6llw6Qa5fs9vhnVpG1kEC1n_2w_aem_7Bj0eSXssnuETySQsMBxkw
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J.R. Pierce
American Theatre
11 months ago
From our Winter print issue: We check in with playwright Larissa FastHorse, whose new farce FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT starts at L.A.'s Center Theatre Group next week, about how rehearsals are going and what keeps her going in tough times.
www.americantheatre.org/2025/01/16/p...
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People to Watch: Larissa FastHorse
The Las Angeles playwright discusses nonprofit farces, community-engaged theatre, and the magic of theatre.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2025/01/16/people-to-watch-larissa-fasthorse/
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J.R. Pierce
American Theatre
11 months ago
Stevie Walker-Webb, who's been leading Baltimore Center Stage for a little over a year, talks to Jerald Raymond Pierce about his city ("a Black cultural mecca"), about his work at the theatre so far, and what's still to come amid challenging times.
www.americantheatre.org/2025/01/31/s...
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Stevie Walker-Webb: Theatre That Belongs to Us
A little over a year into his tenure leading Baltimore Center Stage, the Tony-nominated director reflects on his city, his impact so far, and whatâs to come.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2025/01/31/stevie-walker-webb-theatre-that-belongs-to-us/
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J.R. Pierce
American Theatre
11 months ago
In "Quetzali and the Comic Book Queen vs. the Alebrije of Darkness" at Lexington Children's Theatre, playwright Alvaro Saar Rios sets out to popularize Aztec mythology in much the same way Greek myths have been reimagined for young people.
www.americantheatre.org/2025/01/28/a...
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Aztec Avengers: âQuetzaliâ Takes Flight at Lexington Childrenâs Theatre
A new play from Alvaro Saar Rios follows a the big adventures of a teen with a mysterious feather sprouting from her arm.
https://www.americantheatre.org/2025/01/28/aztec-avengers-quetzali-takes-flight-at-lexington-childrens-theatre/
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