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Artists Across the U.S. Are Staging Hundreds of Events to Protest Authoritarianism
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Artists, a call to action. Art as a form of resistance. falloffreedom.com #falloffreedom
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Are you an alum outraged by Trump's attacks on universities? Defend your school now by signing this alumni petition in support of these 9 universities as well as campus communities across America. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...
Trump attacks 9 universities: Sign the alumni petition to defend your school now
Are you an alum outraged by Trump's attacks on universities? Defend your school now by signing this alumni petition in support of these 9 universities as well as campus communities across America.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
An Actor, a Bookseller and a Chef Walk Into a Voting Booth www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...
An Actor, a Bookseller and a Chef Walk Into a Voting Booth
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June 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Join me at the Deep Water Literary Fest, June 20-22, 2025 in Narrowsburg, NY. I'll be moderating a panel on adaptation featuring @lynnbrooklyn.bsky.social, Marlon James, and Lisa Kron! Get tickets here: deepwaterfestival.com
Home - Deep Water Literary Festival
This year’s Deep Water Literary Festival embraces metamorphosis and transformation—a theme that resonates through the history of literature and art, as through so much of human experience. For our ope...
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May 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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“This House” is the collaborative creation of Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage and her poet daughter Runy Aiyo Gerber and is in its world debut run at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

It's also a ghost story. “To be Black in America is to be, in a sense, living in a ghost story."
'This House' is an intergenerational opera rooted in Lynn Nottage’s family history
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage teamed with her poet daughter Runy Aiyo Gerber and veteran composer Ricky Ian Gordon to create “This House,” which makes its world premiere at Opera Theatre...
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June 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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"We see ourselves in these stories"

Lynette Linton, director of INTIMATE APPAREL, talks about collaborating with Lynn Nottage, her favourite things about working with actors and returning to the Donmar.

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Interview with Director Lynette Linton | Donmar Warehouse
YouTube video by DonmarWarehouse
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June 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Your first look at the company of INTIMATE APPAREL in rehearsals 🧵

Written by Lynn Nottage and directed by Lynette Linton, the cast features Nicola Hughes, Claudia Jolly, Kadiff Kirwan, Faith Omole, Alex Waldmann and Samira Wiley.

Previewing from 20 June.

📸 Helen Murray
June 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Our new opera premieres on May 31st Opera St. Louis. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/a...
An Intimate, Intergenerational Opera That Is Also a Family Affair
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May 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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This new opera from Lynn Nottage, Ruby Aiyo Gerber, and Ricky Ian Gordon premieres at Opera Theatre of St. Louis on May 31.
Past is present in Opera Theatre world premiere This House
"This House," a world premiere opera from Lynn Nottage, Ruby Aiyo Gerber, and Ricky Ian Gordon, comes to Opera Theatre of St. Louis on May 31.
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May 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Congrats to these glorious playwrights.
May 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

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Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
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May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Promises to be a robust conversation worldvoices.pen.org/event/25-cen... @penamerica elkay100 @dramatistsguild @moiseskaufman
April 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Meet our new Artistic Associates 🙌

Today we welcome Miranda Cromwell, Dr Sophie Duncan and Lynn Nottage as new Artistic Associates - with Clint Dyer continuing his inspiring work with us as an Associate Artist.

Read the full announcement here 👇
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Meet our new Artistic Associates | National Theatre
Together this artistic group will work to support and shape our creative vision, providing the broadest access to high-quality theatre anywhere in the world.
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April 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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It appears that 2 things, Harvard’s strong stance resisting Trump’s demands & negative publicity toward Columbia’s potential agreement to similar demands, have resulted in the postponement of any announcement from Columbia re its capitulation to Trump. Let’s see how this goes.
April 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Worth watching...Stories of resistance. youtu.be/lhwS06U1SnA?...
April 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Today we're announcing the full cast for INTIMATE APPAREL by Lynn Nottage, directed by Lynette Linton.

Samira Wiley is joined by Nicola Hughes, Claudia Jolly, Kadiff Kirwan, Faith Omole and Alex Waldmann.
April 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
#Handsoff - The people have spoken.
April 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I had the distinct pleasure of being in dialogue with the delightful and wise #sanaztoossi podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Sanaz Toossi and Lynn Nottage: The Politics of Playwriting
Podcast Episode · Pulitzer on the Road · 03/31/2025 · 47m
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March 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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These executive orders are cartoonishly out of touch with reality. This orders the VP to remove improper ideology” from all areas of the institution, including its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and
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March 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
🤮 Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped
The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.
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March 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM