Alice Childress

April Matthis, Crystal Finn & More Join THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING at CSC

Classic Stage Company has revealed the cas for the next play in The Rediscovery Readings series, The Member of the Wedding, by Carson McCullers. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Video: LaChanze Takes On 'Heaven on Their Minds' at Miscast

Tony winner LaChanze appears in the latest flashback performance from MCC Theater's MISCAST23! Watch as she sings 'Heaven on Their Minds' from Jesus Christ Superstar in this video. 

Olivia Washington & Tramell Tillman Join WINE IN THE WILDERNESS at Classic Stage Company

Olivia Washington and Tramell Tillman have joined the cast of WINE IN THE WILDERNESS by Alice Childress at Classic Stage Company, adding depth to this compelling production. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Additional Cast Members & Programming Revealed for REDISCOVERY READINGS at CSC

Classic Stage Company has revealed casting and future programming for The Rediscovery Readings series, featuring plays by female playwrights who shaped American theater. Learn more about programming and see how to purchase tickets.

TROUBLE IN MIND Will Open Actors Co-op's 2024-2025 Season

The award-winning Actors Co-op Theatre Company will present TROUBLE IN MIND written by Alice Childress, directed by Kimberly Hébert Gregory and produced by Crystal Yvonne Jackson.

CSC to Present REDISCOVERY READINGS Featuring Plays By Zona Gale, Susan Glaspell, And More

Classic Stage Company will present REDISCOVERY READINGS series, featuring plays by Zona Gale, Susan Glaspell, and others. Learn more!

See Santino Fontana, WRITE OUT LOUD & More Next Week At 54

54 Below announced next week's lineup featuring performances by Broadway stars, including a tribute to Stephen Sondheim and a night with Tony Award winner Alice Ripley.

Theatre For A New Audience Founder Jeffrey Horowitz To Retire

Jeffrey Horowitz, Founder of Theatre for a New Audience, having led and grown the not-for-profit organization since 1979, will retire on August 31, 2025, at the end of TFANA's just-announced season of Shakespeare alongside plays by classical and contemporary playwrights.

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL National Tour Reunion & More at 54 Below Next Month

54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond in September. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Review: TROUBLE IN MIND at Kansas City Actors Theatre

It is funny. It is a slice of life. It is a literal peek behind the curtain. Kansas City Actors Theatre production of Alice Childress’s TROUBLE IN MIND allows audiences a long-delayed opportunity to vision America (and its theatrical community) as it appeared in 1955 from an African American point of view. I was struck by how much our country has matured (mostly for the better) over eighty years.

Theatre for a New Audience Sets World Premiere Musical & More for 2024-25 Season

Theatre for a New Audience has revealed its 2024-25 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Tickets Now On Sale To Pittsburgh Public Theater's 50th Anniversary Season

Pittsburgh Public Theater's 50th Anniversary season will feature thrillers, classics, fresh adaptations, and new family favorites. Learn how to purchase tickets.

KCAT to Bring TROUBLE IN MIND To KC For The First Time In 50 Years

Kansas City Actors Theatre will continue their 2024/2025 20th Anniversary Season with Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress. Over 65 years after it was written, Trouble in Mind finally made its Broadway debut in late-2021, and comes to the City Stage this August!

LaChanze-Helmed WINE IN THE WILDERNESS & More Set for Classic Stage Company 24-25 Season

Classic Stage Company has unveiled complete programming for their 2024-25 Season. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Franklin Stage Company Presents TROUBLE IN MIND In July

Franklin Stage Company will open TROUBLE IN MIND on July 5. The play, written by Alice Childress, explores racism and identity in the theater industry. Performances will run through July 21.

LaChanze To Return To 54 Below in September

54 BELOW will present an evening with Broadway legend LaChanze. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Review: WEDDING BAND, Lyric Hammersmith

Interracial marriage has been legal in the United States for less than six decades. To put it into perspective, sliced bread was first sold forty years earlier. Set in 1918 South Carolina, Wedding Band is a blistering portrayal of unjust laws and discrimination, of conscious and unconscious bias, of finding love inside hopeless prejudice. Alice Childress’ American classic describes a Deep South riddled with hatred and stigma, a picture that’s uncomfortably close to a certain party’s opinions and that, sixty years later, remains unfortunately topical. A white baker and a black seamstress defy public opinion in this sombre drama.

One Her Shoulders Hosts Reading of ONE IS A CROWD This Month

On Her Shoulders willpresent a staged reading of One is a Crowd by Beah Richards on Tuesday, June 18th.

Review: TROUBLE IN MIND at the Flipside Provides Hilarious and Tragic Social Commentary

I’ve always loved seeing plays at the Flipside at the Baxter. Something about observing a production performed in the actual backstage area of the theatre makes me feel like I’m on hallowed ground – I’m somewhere that is sacred, special and usually off limits to the public. These feelings became even more heightened during TROUBLE IN MIND.

Dramatists Legal Defense Fund Presents The Defender Award to the Hightower Family

The Dramatists Legal Defense Fund bestowed The 2024 Defender Award upon Philip, Amy, and Max Hightower of Sherman, Texas, at the Dramatists Guild Awards Night held at Sony Hall in New York City. Learn more!