IACA Announces 2020 Artist Fellowship Award Recipients
The Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA) is honored to announce the 2020 Artist Fellowship Award (AFA) recipients. The IACA AFAs are $15,000 awards to Illinois artists in recognition of their outstanding work and commitment within the arts. This year 17 Illinois artists will receive Fellowships totaling $255,000. Finalist Awards of $1,500 were also awarded to 18 Illinois artists for a total of $27,000. The Finalist Award category recognizes and encourages additional applicants who demonstrate considerable talent.
ACT's David Mamet Writing Contest Winners Announced
After reading and evaluating more than 60 entries in the days following the January 11 deadline of A.C.T.'s third David Mamet Writing Contest, the eleven winners of the contest have been announced. Held in conjunction with A.C.T.'s smash hit production of Mamet's Speed-the-Plow-playing through February 3-the contest drew more than 60 entries from around the country, and as far away as Sweden.
Photo Coverage: Paper Mill's Pirates! in Previews
Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, NJ) is currently presenting its mainstage production of Pirates!, a swashbuckling adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, a fully-staged theatrical concert with costumes, choreography and sword fighting