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A longtime colleague remembers Woodie King Jr., the storied director and producer who founded and led the New Federal Theatre for nearly 6 decades.
Woodie King Jr.: The Loyal Helmsman Steering Black Theatre for Decades
A longtime colleague recalls his time working for and with the storied director and producer.
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February 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
A longtime colleague remembers Woodie King Jr., the storied director and producer who founded and led the New Federal Theatre for nearly 6 decades.
In a packed February Offscript, we've got Katie Holmes & Barry Edelstein on Old Globe's HEDDA GABLER, Richard Lagravenese & Savion Glover on Arena's CHEZ JOEY, and Rosie Brownlow-Calkin.
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Katie Holmes on ‘Hedda,’ Savion Glover on ‘Chez Joey,’ and Theatre Training
On this jam-packed episode, we talk to the star and director of 'Hedda Gabler' at the Old Globe, the writer and co-director of 'Chez Joey' at Arena Stage, and the writer of a key story in our new trai...
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February 6, 2026 at 7:08 PM
In a packed February Offscript, we've got Katie Holmes & Barry Edelstein on Old Globe's HEDDA GABLER, Richard Lagravenese & Savion Glover on Arena's CHEZ JOEY, and Rosie Brownlow-Calkin.
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Play On Shakespeare’s Sally Cade Holmes discusses how to expand the thinking around ingrained collaborative dynamics. #Advertorial
Relational Dynamics in Theatrical Partnerships
Play On Shakespeare's Head of Partnerships shares three ways to expand the thinking around ingrained collaborative dynamics.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Play On Shakespeare’s Sally Cade Holmes discusses how to expand the thinking around ingrained collaborative dynamics. #Advertorial
A collective of artists including Christin Eve Cato, Jordan E. Cooper, Quiara Alegria Hudes, Dominique Morisseau, Brian Quijada, Jose Antonio Vargas, and more have created works of dissent against ICE from across the country in the spirit of collective resistance.
Words to Melt ICE
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February 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
A collective of artists including Christin Eve Cato, Jordan E. Cooper, Quiara Alegria Hudes, Dominique Morisseau, Brian Quijada, Jose Antonio Vargas, and more have created works of dissent against ICE from across the country in the spirit of collective resistance.
This month in theatre history, we look back on milestones related to Langston Hughes, Montreal’s Black Theatre Workshop, Tennessee Williams, and Lucas Hnath.
This Month in Theatre History
This edition includes milestones related to Langston Hughes, Montreal's Black Theatre Workshop, Tennessee Williams, and Lucas Hnath.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM
This month in theatre history, we look back on milestones related to Langston Hughes, Montreal’s Black Theatre Workshop, Tennessee Williams, and Lucas Hnath.
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
On our latest edition of Role Call, we highlight multidisciplinary artists, leaders, and educators bringing the heat in Arizona theatre.
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6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
This edition features artists, leaders, and educators bringing the heat in Arizona theatre.
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February 3, 2026 at 8:07 PM
On our latest edition of Role Call, we highlight multidisciplinary artists, leaders, and educators bringing the heat in Arizona theatre.
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In our winter 2026 issue, editor Gabriela Furtado Coutinho flies off to Neverland to explore how a grad student’s puppetry arts thesis, a Peter Pan adaptation, is dismantling patriarchy with Connecticut Repertory Theatre.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
In our winter 2026 issue, editor Gabriela Furtado Coutinho flies off to Neverland to explore how a grad student’s puppetry arts thesis, a Peter Pan adaptation, is dismantling patriarchy with Connecticut Repertory Theatre.
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Veteran journalist Harry Haun, who covered theatre for more than 50 years, passed away yesterday, on Feb. 2.
Veteran Theatre Journalist Harry Haun Has Died At 85
Veteran journalist Harry Haun, who covered theater for more than 50 years, passed away on February 2. He had been admitted to the ICU last week with congestive heart failure. He was 85 and is survived by his husband, Charles Nelson.
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February 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Veteran journalist Harry Haun, who covered theatre for more than 50 years, passed away yesterday, on Feb. 2.
ATTENTION UNIVERSITIES: Do you have a production running sometime between January and March 2026, be it student-produced or department-produced, that you'd like to see highlighted on American Theatre's social media? Submit here!!
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February 2, 2026 at 10:01 PM
ATTENTION UNIVERSITIES: Do you have a production running sometime between January and March 2026, be it student-produced or department-produced, that you'd like to see highlighted on American Theatre's social media? Submit here!!
In his foreword to the playscript of TEETH by Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs (published by TCG Books), original maker Mitchell Lichtenstein reflects on the journey of his gory fable about vagina dentata and the twists it took in becoming a musical.
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‘Teeth,’ In-Your-Face and With Extra Bite
The maker of the original film reflects on how his gory fable about vagina dentata became a savagely witty stage musical by Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson.
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February 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
In his foreword to the playscript of TEETH by Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs (published by TCG Books), original maker Mitchell Lichtenstein reflects on the journey of his gory fable about vagina dentata and the twists it took in becoming a musical.
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Jerald Raymond Pierce previews Terence Anthony’s new play, running at Denver Center Jan. 30-Feb. 22. This world premiere Western follows a woman who escaped slavery and returns transformed, an avenging gunslinger.
‘Godspeed,’ Gunslinger
Terence Anthony's new play is a different kind of Western, following a woman who escapes slavery to become a kind of avenging outlaw.
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January 29, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Jerald Raymond Pierce previews Terence Anthony’s new play, running at Denver Center Jan. 30-Feb. 22. This world premiere Western follows a woman who escaped slavery and returns transformed, an avenging gunslinger.
Our latest awards roundup includes the Zelda Fichandler Award, Democracy Cycle commissions, Oscar Cintas Foundation fellowships, and more.
Fichandler Award, Democracy Cycle, Oscar Cintas Fellows, and More
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Our latest awards roundup includes the Zelda Fichandler Award, Democracy Cycle commissions, Oscar Cintas Foundation fellowships, and more.
The theatre’s expanded new hub will host revivals, new works, and more intimate smaller plays and live music.
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Ruskin Group Theatre Arts Center Opens in L.A.
The theatre's expanded new hub will host revivals, new works, and more intimate smaller plays and live music.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The theatre’s expanded new hub will host revivals, new works, and more intimate smaller plays and live music.
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From our Winter 2026 print issue, Daniella Ignacio previews "Ten Brave Seconds," a new musical about a gay teen’s coming-out journey which premieres at Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City, Jan. 30-Feb. 14.
Why ‘Ten Brave Seconds’ Seems Right on Time
A new musical about a gay teen’s coming-out journey premieres at Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:46 PM
From our Winter 2026 print issue, Daniella Ignacio previews "Ten Brave Seconds," a new musical about a gay teen’s coming-out journey which premieres at Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City, Jan. 30-Feb. 14.
Your childhood is onstage! Gabriela Furtado Coutinho’s latest Dramática column explores page-to-stage adaptations with Magic Tree House and Chicago Children’s Theatre.
Returning to Your Magic Tree House
In adapting beloved children’s and YA literature to the stage, the powerhouse national MTH On Stage and Chicago Children’s Theatre let presence and play guide their way.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Your childhood is onstage! Gabriela Furtado Coutinho’s latest Dramática column explores page-to-stage adaptations with Magic Tree House and Chicago Children’s Theatre.
Applications for the Cherry Lane Playwrights Collective, a 9-month developmental program under the direction of Pulitzer-winning playwright Annie Baker, will be open Feb. 2-March 2. Further details at playwrights.cherrylanetheatre.org
Cherry Lane Theatre Playwrights Collective
Introducing a nine-month development program designed to support emerging NYC playwrights through a rigorous, grad-school-style structure without the barriers of formal graduate programs.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Applications for the Cherry Lane Playwrights Collective, a 9-month developmental program under the direction of Pulitzer-winning playwright Annie Baker, will be open Feb. 2-March 2. Further details at playwrights.cherrylanetheatre.org
Theatres across Minnesota have closed for the day during the state’s general strike against ICE’s violence.
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It’s ICE Out of Minnesota Day, and Twin Cities Theatres Are Part of It
Theatres across Minnesota have closed for the day during the state's general strike against ICE's violence.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Theatres across Minnesota have closed for the day during the state’s general strike against ICE’s violence.
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Playwrights Naomi Wallace and Ismail Khalidi visited with Palestinian theatremakers in the West Bank last fall and found them defiantly continuing making their art against all odds. Can you imagine?
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Theatre in a Time of Genocide: Palestinian Imagination Under Fire
2 playwrights talk to theatremakers in the West Bank and Gaza, who are continuing their resistance to occupation with their art and their witness.
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January 23, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Playwrights Naomi Wallace and Ismail Khalidi visited with Palestinian theatremakers in the West Bank last fall and found them defiantly continuing making their art against all odds. Can you imagine?
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In this month’s Entrances and Exits roundup, we highlight new leadership at Off-Broadway’s Park Avenue Armory, Merrimack Rep, Boston Conservatory’s theatre division, and DC Theater Arts.
Leadership Changes at Park Ave. Armory, Merrimack, BoCo, DCTA
A roundup of comings and goings at the top of U.S. theatre institutions.
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January 22, 2026 at 10:02 PM
In this month’s Entrances and Exits roundup, we highlight new leadership at Off-Broadway’s Park Avenue Armory, Merrimack Rep, Boston Conservatory’s theatre division, and DC Theater Arts.
The Wisconsin theatre just announced 6 new plays, to roll out over the coming seasons, and 3 new commissions, thanks to $1 million gift for new-play development.
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Milwaukee Rep Doubles Down on New-Work Development
The Wisconsin theatre just announced 6 new plays, to roll out over the coming seasons, and 3 new commissions, thanks to $1 million gift for new-play development.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The Wisconsin theatre just announced 6 new plays, to roll out over the coming seasons, and 3 new commissions, thanks to $1 million gift for new-play development.
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Featured in our winter 2026 print issue, playwright Steve Yockey tells a new horror comedy in BLEEDING HEARTS, about a couple caught between classes at Atlanta's Theatrical Outfit.
Middle-Class Disappearers in ‘Bleeding Hearts’
At Atlanta's Theatrical Outfit, playwright Steve Yockey tells a new horror comedy about a couple caught between classes.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Featured in our winter 2026 print issue, playwright Steve Yockey tells a new horror comedy in BLEEDING HEARTS, about a couple caught between classes at Atlanta's Theatrical Outfit.
Is a play without actors theatre? For the team behind AN ARK at the Shed, it is. In the first play developed for mixed reality, with a script by Simon Stephens, a new form is emerging.
A Play Without Live Actors: Is ‘An Ark’ Theatre’s Afterlife?
With a script by Simon Stephens and a (video-captured) cast of 4, a new mixed-reality experience at The Shed may be the closest this new medium has come to a bona fide play.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Is a play without actors theatre? For the team behind AN ARK at the Shed, it is. In the first play developed for mixed reality, with a script by Simon Stephens, a new form is emerging.
"Tina was a warrior intent on gaining ground for humanity." - Lisa Wolpe
Love, Light, Joy, Legend: The Unparalleled Tina Packer
A former student and colleague remembers Shakespeare & Co.'s founder as a mind-blowing, career-shaping teacher, leader, and model.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:46 PM
"Tina was a warrior intent on gaining ground for humanity." - Lisa Wolpe
The American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association (ATCA) has announced year three of its groundbreaking Helbing Mentorship Program, planned to run from June 1, 2026–May 31, 2027. The application period runs now through April 30, 2026 at midnight EST.
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Helbing program year 3 announced and applications open - American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association
Applications Accepted Beginning Today, January 21, 2026 NEW YORK (January 21, 2026) — The American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association (ATCA) has announced year three of its groundbreaking Helbing...
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January 21, 2026 at 9:35 PM
The American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association (ATCA) has announced year three of its groundbreaking Helbing Mentorship Program, planned to run from June 1, 2026–May 31, 2027. The application period runs now through April 30, 2026 at midnight EST.
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