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Okieriete Onaodowan, Sojourner Brown & More to Star in THIS GHOST OF SLAVERY at Wesleyan
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 22, 2024

Anna Deavere Smith, the Center for the Arts artist in residence for 2024–2025, will present the first public staged reading of This Ghost of Slavery: A Play of Past and Present, co-produced with Long Wharf Theatre. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Video: Playwright a.k. payne Talks FURLOUGH'S PARADISE at Alliance Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 25, 2024

Watch playwright a.k. payne share their experience bringing FURLOUGH'S PARADISE  to life at the Alliance Theatre and what the Alliance/Kendeda Program means for upcoming playwrights in the video here!

Review: FURLOUGH'S PARADISE at Alliance Theatre
by Jennifer Skura Boutell - Feb 19, 2024

The Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition 20th competition winner FURLOUGH’S PARADISE written by a.k. payne and directed by Tinashe Kajese-Bolden has its world premiere on the Hertz Stage at Alliance Theatre Jan 31 – Mar 3, 2024.

The Public Theater Sets Traveling Free Shakespeare in the Park Schedule for Summer 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 13, 2024

The Public Theater will present GO PUBLIC! A Festival of Free Shakespeare in the Park, featuring a suite of free summer programming taking place across all five boroughs. Learn more about The Public's summer 2024 season.

Video: Get A First Look At Alliance Theatre's FURLOUGH'S PARADISE
by Joshua Wright - Feb 8, 2024

Get a first look at Alliance Theatre's FURLOUGH’S PARADISE, which follows Cousins Sade and Mina, raised like sisters but now leading very different lives, as they return to their childhood town for a funeral.

The Alliance Theatre to Present the World Premiere of FURLOUGH'S PARADISE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 3, 2024

The Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition will continue to spotlight the best emerging playwrights with a full production for the competition winner and staged readings for four competition finalists.

The Playwrights Realm Extends World Premiere of Emma Horwitz's MARY GETS HERS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 14, 2023

The Playwrights Realm will present a one-week extension of the world premiere production of 2021/22 Realm Writing Fellow Emma Horwitz’s Mary Gets Hers.

Meet the Cast of Emma Horwitz's MARY GETS HERS at The Playwrights Realm
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 7, 2023

Get all the details on the world premiere of Emma Horwitz's Mary Gets Hers at The Playwrights Realm. Meet the talented cast and find out when and where you can catch this exciting new play before it closes. Experience thought-provoking theater at its finest.

Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Kennedy Center
by Peter Rouleau - Jul 23, 2023

A brilliantly-performed, well-mounted play about a horribly-performed, disastrously staged play.

DominiRican Productions Expands Involvement and Visibility
by Stephi Wild - Jul 13, 2023

The award-winning DominiRican Productions expands their involvement and visibility as producers of original content, investors in content with a shared mission, and creators of content for organizations with a shared mission.

Cast Set for THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at The Kennedy Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 15, 2023

The cast has been revealed for the The Play That Goes Wrong Washington, D.C. production coming to The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for a limited three-and-a-half week engagement.

DominiRican Productions Announces Details of Film Projects
by Blair Ingenthron - Mar 19, 2023

The award-winning DominiRican Productions has announced details for two forth-coming short films and two shorts scheduled for pre-production.

AMANI Extends for One Week at Rattlestick Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 23, 2023

National Black Theatre has announced a one week extension of AMANI - the first mainstage co-production of its 2022-2023 programmatic 55th season themed Love, A Ritual Of Repair.

National Black Theatre Announces Cast For AMANI World Premiere Co-Production With Rattlestick Theater
by Stephi Wild - Dec 16, 2022

National Black Theatre has announced the cast for the world premiere of AMANI - the first mainstage co-production of its 2022-2023 programmatic 55th season themed Love, A Ritual Of Repair.

Cast Announced for AMANI World Premiere Presented by National Black Theatre & Rattlestick Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 15, 2022

National Black Theatre has announced the cast for the world premiere of AMANI - the first mainstage co-production of its 2022-2023 programmatic 55th season themed Love, A Ritual Of Repair.

Ensemble Studio Theatre Announces Casting For Marathon Of One-Act Plays
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 5, 2022

Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST) has announced complete casting for the 38th Marathon of One-Act Plays, which will be fully comprised of work from artists who identify as Black, Indigenous & People of Color (BIPOC). This year's selection of eleven plays was curated by Co-Artistic Directors Mike Lew (Teenage Dick) and Colette Robert (Behind the Sheet). Ten plays will be presented across two different series from Sunday October 16 through Sunday November 13 at EST.

Photos: First Look at Denise Burse, Ebony Marshall-Oliver & More in BODIES THEY RITUAL at Clubbed Thumb
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 24, 2022

Clubbed Thumb is presenting Bodies They Ritual through July 2. Bodies They Ritual stars Emmy Award winner Denise Burse ('Black Mirror'), Nora Cole (On the Town), Jacqueline Guillen (Man Cave), Kai Heath (On Sugarland), Ebony Marshall-Oliver (Chicken & Biscuits), Emily Cass McDonnell (The Antipodes), and more. Get a first look at photos here!

The Center for Fiction and Theatre Communications Group Present Story/Teller Arts: Aleshea Harris with Nissy Aya
by Stephi Wild - Jun 6, 2022

The Center for Fiction, a 200-year-old literary nonprofit that has created an immersive home for readers and writers in downtown Brooklyn, and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, will co-present Story/Teller Arts: Aleshea Harris with Nissy Aya on June 8 at 7pm ET at The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217, and via livestream.

Denise Burse, Nora Cole, Ebony Marshall-Oliver & More to Star in Clubbed Thumb's BODIES THEY RITUAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 26, 2022

Clubbed Thumb has announced complete casting for the final production of the rescheduled 25th SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays, Bodies They Ritual. Performances will run June 22-July 2.

New York Theatre Workshop Announces New Opening and Closing Dates for ON SUGARLAND
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 14, 2022

New York Theatre Workshop  announced today that due to positive COVID tests in the company, all performances of On Sugarland by Obie Award winner Aleshea Harris (Is God Is, What to Send Up When It Goes Down) have been cancelled through Sunday February 20, 2022. Performances will resume Tuesday February 22.