Latest Articles About Makers on PBS
NBC Renews Poehler and Offerman's MAKING IT For Another Season
by Abigail Charpentier - January 11, 2020 During NBC's presentation at the TCA Winter Press Tour, it was announced Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman's DIY competition show will return for a third season, Deadline reports....
WYO PLAY Focuses On Youth Engagement At The WYO
by A.A. Cristi - March 09, 2021 Beginning in April, ensemble members will meet every other Saturday morning to take part in masterclasses, scene studies, workshops, and play readings. During the Summer, ensemble members will gain experience both on and off stage through supporting the Children's Spring Musical and putting on their...
Green Space Announces June Virtual Performances
by A.A. Cristi - May 21, 2021 Green Space has announced a diverse roster of artists for its signature programs presented virtually. ...
Zena Forster Named As 2020 Propeller Artist; Her Play AFTER BIRTH Will Be Staged At The North Wall In June
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 11, 2020 The North Wall Arts Centre and Oxfordshire Theatre Makers today announced the finalist of this year's Propeller programme. Oxford-based writer Zena Forster's play after birth will be developed as part of a two-week residency at The North Wall this summer....
B·O·N·D International Virtual Performance Festival Announces 2021 Event, Global Chinese Voices
by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2021 Boston-based Mandarin-English bilingual, bicultural theater company CHUANG Stage is co-producing this year's B·O·N·D International Virtual Performance Festival: Global Chinese Voices, supporting a cohort of Chinese descent theater-makers currently residing and working in New York, Toronto, Brussels,...
Griffin Theatre Company Presents BATCH FESTIVAL
by Stephi Wild - February 20, 2020 Griffin Theatre Company has today unveiled the program for its third Batch Festival, a three-week fiesta of shows by some of the freshest, wildest and most inventive artists in the country. An exciting new 'batch' of theatremakers, storytellers, poets and performance artists from across Australia wi...
Dance/NYC Announces 25 Recipients Of Dance Advancement Fund
by Stephi Wild - January 31, 2020 Dance/NYC has announced the 25 recipients of the second iteration of the Dance Advancement Fund, made possible by the generous support of the Ford Foundation. The purpose of the Fund is to address the inequitable distribution of resources in the dance field and advance resilience by supporting dance...
New Theatre Company, Time's Fool, Launches In Connecticut
by A.A. Cristi - November 18, 2020 Time's Fool is a new professional theatre company based in Wethersfield CT. ...
Creating In Color, Industry Directory For BIPOC Theatre Music Makers Launched
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 09, 2020 A new database and website, designed to service the music makers of the theatre who are BIPOC has been created. In the wake of recent developments in the theatre and in the world at large, many organizations are trying to reach out to this underrepresented group but lack the ability to find those pe...
National Theatre Wales Announces New Digital Programme of Opportunities for Theatre Makers
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 06, 2020 National Theatre Wales launched a new digital programme today, developed to create opportunities for theatre makers while venues remain closed as a result of Coronavirus. Network is a new online initiative aimed at connecting communities, sharing moments, reimagining live theatre while enabling and ...
Green Space Announces May Virtual Performances
by A.A. Cristi - April 14, 2021 Green Space has announced a diverse roster of artists for its signature programs presented virtually, including two sets of performances in May. ...
Nottingham Playhouse Announces Winner Of Panto Playwright Call Out
by Stephi Wild - June 10, 2020 Nottingham Playhouse today announces Naomi Obeng as the winner of its recent call out for a professional writer to create its 2020 festive family show, Jack and the Beanstalk....
The Marlowe in Canterbury and the Mercury in Colchester Create New Artist Commission Programme
by Stephi Wild - March 02, 2021 The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury and the Mercury, Colchester have announced a brand-new partnership to support theatre-makers from Kent, Essex and Sussex who want to make and test bold new work that reflects our times and region....
20/20 Comes to San Francisco Libraries
by Stephi Wild - February 26, 2020 What happens if the President is re-elected? In 20/20, a play by Theatre Makers, the answer is up to the audience. 20/20 will be presented as part of the San Francisco Public Library's a?oeSF by the Baya?? science fiction and fantasy celebration. Performances are free of charge on February 29 at 10:...
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lynn Nottage, Clint Ramos & More Announced for Inaugural BIPOC Theatre-Makers Program
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 03, 2021 Black Theatre United and Williamstown Theatre Festival have announced the participants, visiting luminary artists, and guest professors participating in the inaugural Early Career Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Theatre-Makers Program, a central new component of the Festival’s training progra...
Tony Winner Tonya Pinkins Pens Missive on Performative Activism in the Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - July 10, 2020 Today, Tony Award-winning actor, Tonya Pinkins, published a lengthy essay for Medium titled, 'Why I am Fed Up with Performative Activism from White and Black Theater Makers'....
Chicago's One Of A Kind Show Launches Virtual Holiday Market
by Stephi Wild - November 12, 2020 One of Chicago’s favorite holiday traditions, the One of a Kind Holiday Show, returns in an online format November 12 – December 6...
Producers, Artists and Associate Company Announced for Northcott's Futures Programme
by Stephi Wild - March 31, 2021 Exeter Northcott Futures is a programme of support and professional development resources for theatre-makers in the South West. Now in its second year the Futures programme works with early-career artists, producers and local companies to ensure that Devon is a place in which theatre-makers can deve...
Dance/NYC Publishes 'Defining “Small-Budget” Dance Makers in a Changing Dance Ecology' Research Report
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 20, 2020 The service organization Dance/NYC has announced the release of its latest research report, Defining 'Small-Budget' Dance Makers in a Changing Dance Ecology, a quantitative and qualitative analysis prepared in collaboration with Carrie Blake and Nelie Jacques from Webb Mgmt. ...
Arizona Broadway Theatre Announces Online Crafting Series MAKERS-MONDAYS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 29, 2020 Arizona Broadway Theatre announced the launch of an all-new online crafting series to air weekly on Mondays at 3PM MST on the theatre's Facebook page....
Dance/NYC Publishes 'Defining “Small-Budget” Dance Makers in a Changing Dance Ecology' Research Report
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 20, 2020 The service organization Dance/NYC has announced the release of its latest research report, Defining 'Small-Budget' Dance Makers in a Changing Dance Ecology, a quantitative and qualitative analysis prepared in collaboration with Carrie Blake and Nelie Jacques from Webb Mgmt. ...
Taking Care COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund Expands to Meet Need in Washington Theater
by A.A. Cristi - October 29, 2020 theatreWashington announced an expansion of the Taking Care COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, originally organized in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and the sudden loss of work for professional theatre-makers in our region. The expansion includes an increase in the amount of the grant...
Forge NYC Launches The Forge Fellowship
by A.A. Cristi - October 15, 2020 The boutique consultancy and arts service company FORGE NYC today announced the launch of their newest program: The FORGE Fellowship. ...
Fuse Expands FUTURE HISTORY Initiative to Honor 24 Rising Stars
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 27, 2021 With the new season of FUTURE HISTORY and the launch of the FUTURE HISTORY CLASS OF 2021, Fuse continues to honor individuals who are using their voice to drive positive change, and whose impact on the world will be talked about in the future....
New Dates Announced For O. 2021 Festival
by Stephi Wild - April 16, 2021 O. is Operadagen Rotterdam's brand-new name. O. is the festival for curious visitors. O. stands for opera and opening up the genre. O. focuses on adventure, talented makers, and crosslinks between genres; from performance art to electropop and from tearjerkers to street culture. ... |