Industry Theatre Newsroom Page 34

The Asian American Arts Alliance has announced the participants of What Can We Do? (WCWD?), a micro grant program offering $500 stipends to artists who use their creative skills to offer community care to Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) New Yorkers.

To spotlight women in leadership, the Broadway Women’s Fund has announced the fourth annual Women to Watch on Broadway.

Theatre Communications Group has announced Kaʻiukapu Baker, Claudia Brownlee, and Lia Wallfish as the recipients of The Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship 2023.

MyndVR, the award-winning provider of VR-based, digital therapeutic experiences designed for the aging population, has partnered with Stage Access, the streaming service dedicated to music, ballet, opera and the performing arts.

The Drama League’s Bonnie Comley, Gabriel Stelian-Shanks, and Bevin Ross announced the campaign to rename The Drama League Stage Directing Assistantships program to The Irene Gandy Directing Assistantships. Check out photos from the event here!

Ambassador Theatre Group has announced an exclusive three-year partnership with the newly formed Bad Robot Live, the theatre division of J.J. Abrams's Bad Robot Productions.

The League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW) announced that its 2023 Rachel Crothers Leadership Award® will be given to Anna Deavere Smith, multi-award-winning playwright, actress, professor, and author. 

The Dramatists Guild of America is inviting all theatre writers to participate in its first ever wide-ranging study examining the overall experience of what it means to be a professional theatre writer in the United States.

A24 is entering the live theatre realm - the revered production and distribution company has acquired the Cherry Lane Theater. We’ve long seen media companies make their way toward Broadway, but A24 entering the off-Broadway space comes after Audible successfully did so a few seasons ago.

NYC Public Schools (NYC DOE) and the Partnership for New York City are launching the city's second Career Discovery Week, a public-private initiative that brings public high schoolers into workplace settings across the city for a day of career exploration.

Invitation-only developmental readings of Home's Kitchen, a new play about home, passion, and food for the soul, will be presented in New York City March 10.

The Dramatists Guild is welcoming playwright Diana Burbano, playwright Andrew Creech, playwright Samuel D. Hunter, playwright Rajiv Joseph and composer/lyricist Helen Park to the Dramatists Guild Council.

MacDowell will welcome 142 artists from 23 states, Washington, D.C., and 11 countries for spring and summer residencies. These Fellowships at the nation’s first artist residency program were granted from a pool of 1,822 applications from 54 different countries and every state except Hawaii.

Actors’ Equity Association has issued a statement following reports that the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, has once again been re-introduced in Congress.  

​​​​​​​On Site Opera, New York's pioneer opera company rooted in site-specific storytelling and the immersive experience, announces the departure of co-founder, General and Artistic Director Eric Einhorn at the close of 2023. 

Black Theatre United will launch the second year of The Broadway Marketing Internship Program, an initiative dedicated to creating new opportunities for emerging Black talent in all areas of theatre. The spirit of this initiative is in equity and inclusion, two of the core values at the heart of BTU, which was formed to protect and promote Black talent, Black people, and Black lives.

TADA! Youth Theater presents in-person week-long musical theater school break camps where children write, rehearse and premiere an original mini-musical. Future Broadway Stars will enjoy Spring school breaks from March 27th through March 31st and April 10th through April 14th at TADA! Youth Theater, 15 West 28th Street in Manhattan.

The growing threat of antisemitism in our culture spilled onto Broadway last week as a group of neo-Nazi’s protested outside preview performances of Parade. Cara Joy David dives into that, and how it fits into the wider cultural conversation and what we should be doing in our day to day lives to further combat this alarming growth of antisemitism.

The Episcopal Actors' Guild (EAG) will welcome to the Guild Hall stage a one-night-only, benefit production: Mid-Winter Mysteries: An Audience Participation Event. Here's the opportunity that all you 'armchair detectives' have been waiting for!

Throughout the season, hundreds of families and children have opportunities for free musical learning, play, discovery, and connection through Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute's (WMI) early childhood programs.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, has announced new trustees and an updated list of officers for its board of directors.

Yes! the Musical has announced the completion of their front money investment round with help from The Broadway Investor's Club. Founder Jason Turchin joins the musical as Producer.

Mark Subias, UTA partner and head of theater, has announced his exit from the agency. Subias will take a newly created job at production company Smuggler.

Broadway producing office Tom Smedes Productions has announced a company restructure promoting longtime producer and general manager Heather Shields to Partner.

The Broadway Exchange announced that it has raised $2 million in seed funding, led by Christine Schwarzman's Broadway production company, No Guarantees. The Broadway Exchange also announced that it is extending its Seed Round by an additional $1 million, as it continues to build the market for live theatre digital collectibles.