Carlyle Brown

Cherríe Moraga & Richard Wesley Named 2024 Recipients of the Legacy Playwright Awards

Esteemed American playwrights Cherríe Moraga and Richard Wesley have been announced as the 2024 recipients of the Legacy Playwright Awards. Learn more about the playwrights and about the awards.

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company Announces 2024-2025 Season

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company has announced its 2024-2025 season, featuring productions of MACBETH, THE TEMPEST, and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

KEEPIN' IT REAL & More Set for Illusion Theatre 50th Anniversary 2024-25 Season

ILLUSION THEATER celebrates its 50th anniversary with a season of new plays and special performances, honoring its legacy of producing transformative theater on pressing social issues.

THE COLOR PURPLE & More Set for Black Theatre Troupe 2024-25 Season

Black Theatre Troupe has revealed its 2024-25 lineup, marking its 55th season! See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Lynn Nottage, Jeanine Tesori & More to Join 20th Anniversary PEN World Voices Festival

PEN America will convene an array of vital voices in literature from around the globe in the 20th anniversary PEN World Voices Festival. Learn more about the festival and see how to purchase tickets.

Children's Theatre Company To Hold Virtual And In-Person Auditions For 2024-2025 Performing Apprenticeships

Children’s Theatre Company (CTC) is holding auditions for their 2024-2025 Performing Apprenticeships. Non-Equity Actors aged 19 and above can audition for this opportunity.

Playwrights Frank Chin and Migdalia Cruz Honored With 2023 Legacy Playwright Awards

Esteemed American playwrights Frank Chin and Migdalia Cruz have been announced as the 2023 recipients of the Legacy Playwright Awards. 

Playwrights' Center & Venturous Theater Fund Reveal 2023�"25 Venturous Playwright Fellowships

Playwrights' Center and Venturous Theater Fund have revealed the 2023-25 Venturous Playwright Fellows: Harmon dot aut, with their play Tornado Tastes Like Aluminum Sting (in partnership with Spectrum Theatre Ensemble and the Contemporary American Theater.

Tim Sanford and Aimée Hayes Launch The Tent Theater Company, Dedicated to Supporting Elder Playwrights

Tim Sanford, former artistic director of Playwrights Horizons, and Aimée Hayes, former producing artistic director of Southern Rep, have launched The Tent Theater Company.

Shakespeare & Company to Hold Chicago Actor Training Intensive This Month

Shakespeare & Company's Center for Actor Training will hold a Weekend Intensive Friday, March 31 through Sunday, April 2 in Chicago, Ill.

 Carlyle Brown and Milcha Sanchez-Scott Receive 2022 Legacy Playwright Awards

The Legacy Playwrights Initiative has named Carlyle Brown and Milcha Sanchez-Scott the recipients of the 2022 Legacy Playwright Awards. 

Photos: Inside the Dramatists Guild Foundation's 60th Anniversary Gala

Dramatists Guild Foundation (DGF) held its 60th Anniversary Gala last night at Ziegfeld Ballroom, hosted by Jennifer Simard.

Review: THE AFRICAN COMPANY PRESENTS RICHARD III at The Black Rep At The Edison Theater On The Washington University Campus

Each member of the cast disappears into their character to tell Carlyle Brown’s story. Standout Coda Boyce as Ann Johnson captivates the audience with her first appearance on stage and provides a consistent performance throughout both acts. In her characterization, she struggles to separate her characters, Ann in Richard III versus her Ann Johnson persona complicating the backstage relationship she has with James Hewitt, played skillfully by Cameron Jamarr Davis. Wali Jamal Abdullah’s performance as Papa Shakespeare provides lots of charm and a few laughs as he attempts to play the middleman to repair the relationship between Ann and James as a Cyrano de Bergerac-esque communication go between. Eric Dean White’s arrogant characterization as Steven Price conveys a remorseless inhumanity as he will stop at nothing to bury the African Company. The remainder of the cast is rounded out by Alex Jay as Sarah, Olajuwon Davis as Billy Brown, and Dustin Petrillo as The Contable-Man and each provide an extraordinary performance. 

Previews: THE AFRICAN COMPANY PRESENTS RICHARD III at The Black Rep At The Edison Theater On The Washington University Campus

The St. Louis Black Repertory Company raises the curtain on its 46th Season with THE AFRICAN COMPANY PRESENTS RICHARD III by Carlyle Brown and directed by Founder and Producing Director Ron Himes. Previews begin Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at the Edison Theatre on the campus of Washington University. 

Cast Announced for the World Premiere of THE RIPPLE, THE WAVE THAT CARRIED ME HOME at Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Berkeley Repertory Theatre has announced casting for the world premiere production of the ripple, the wave that carried me home by Christina Anderson, directed by Jackson Gay, and produced in association with Goodman Theatre. 

Great River Shakespeare Festival Announces Opening Weekend Of The 2022 Season

Great River Shakespeare Festival opens its 2022 Season this week with three consecutive opening night performances at the WSU Performing Arts Center in Winona, MN.

New Theater at NYU Named 'The African Grove Theatre' to Honor a Landmark of Black Theater History

NYU’s 181 Mercer Street building, opening spring 2023, will become home to a permanent and evolving memorial to the African Grove Theatre, the first Black theater in the country that made history on the corner of Mercer and Bleecker Streets in 1821.

Winners Announced for 13th Annual August Wilson Monologue and Design Competitions

Out of the 330 total Chicagoland high school students who entered the 13th annual August Wilson Monologue and Design Competitions, Demi Davis from Senn High School prevailed, taking the first-place prize at the Chicago finals earlier this month for her 2-3-minute monologue performance.

Great River Shakespeare Festival Announces 2022 Acting Company

Great River Shakespeare Festival has announced casting for the 2022 Season as it returns home to the WSU Performing Arts Center in Winona, MN.

Great River Shakespeare Festival Announces Season 2022 Directors And Tickets On Sale

Great River Shakespeare Festival is now selling single tickets to all three mainstage plays of the 2022 Season, running in repertory June 18th to July 31st, 2022. After moving outdoors in 2021, GRSF will return home to the WSU Performing Arts Center for their 2022 season.