Mildred Lewis

2023 AGE Legacy Playwright Grant Recipients and Finalists Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 30, 2023

2023 AGE Legacy Playwright Grant recipients and finalists announced. Advance Gender Equity in the Arts recognizes outstanding talent in the industry.

Lortel Theatre Launches New Play Development Program - 'Alcove At The Lortel'
by Stephi Wild - May 18, 2023

With the recent announcement of Lucille Lortel Theatre's purchase and renovation of a new theater space in Chelsea and its appointment of two new Co-Artistic Directors of New Work, Lucille Lortel Theatre has announced the launch of: The Alcove at the Lortel, a new play development program.  

Recipients Revealed For the Lortel Theatre's 2023 NYC Public High School Playwriting Fellowship
by Stephi Wild - Apr 11, 2023

The Lucille Lortel Theatre is pleased to announce the recipients of the 4th Annual NYC Public High School Playwriting Fellowship, created as an opportunity for aspiring young writers citywide to get unparalleled access to professional theater artists for mentoring. The Fellows and Finalists of the program represent different boroughs of NYC, as well as D75 and D79 schools.

PlayGround-LA Announces November 8 Monday Night PlayGround
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 29, 2021

Following the successful opening of Season 10 earlier this month, Los Angeles playwright incubator PlayGround-LA has recently announced the prompt for the next Monday Night PlayGround short play staged reading event. Thirty-six Los Angeles writers had just four-and-a-half days to generate their original scripts inspired by the prompt 'WHODUNNIT' as they vie for one of six slots in the second round of this year's Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series, presented live at The Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast online on November 8th at 7pm PT.

PlayGround-LA Announces Monday Night PlayGround
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 5, 2021

On the eve of the return to in-person theatre and PlayGround's expansion to New York, Los Angeles playwright incubator PlayGround-LA has chosen the prompt of 'rebirth' as inspiration for the opening Monday Night PlayGround of Season 10.

Company Of Angels' Angel City Improv Premieres at Hollywood Fringe Festival 2021
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 27, 2021

Company of Angels has announce its participation in the 2021 Hollywood Fringe Festival with 'Welcome to the Vantage Point,' an improvised family-friendly comedy show, inspired by three notable American playwrights.

LOVE NOTE Audio Experience is Now Available at Plummer Park in West Hollywood
by Stephi Wild - May 11, 2021

Rogue Artists Ensemble presents a unique, interactive, in-real-life sonic experience that guides audiences through a twisted collection of love stories, meditative romance and lost connections.

Kristen Adele Calhoun and Mildred Lewis to Close Out CONSEQUENCES Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 4, 2021

The final two writers in the collaboration between Harlem9, Harlem Stage, and The Lucille Lortel Theatre (co-producers) have been named.  Kristen Adele Calhoun and Mildred Lewis will close out the series with 15-day streaming periods on YouTube in May and June 2021. 

Finalists And Semi Finalists Revealed For 2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival
by A.A. Cristi - May 4, 2021

Playwrights Foundation, the West Coast's premier launchpad for plays and playwrights, has announced the semi finalists and finalists for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF) scheduled to stream online July 16-25, 2021.

New Special Performance Explores Reproductive Freedom Then And Now
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 21, 2020

A powerful new theatrical performance explores how Gen Z and past generations connect in ReGeneration: Our Reproductive Freedom Then and Now.

Company of Angels Presents WHAT'S GOING ON? A Virtual Play Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 27, 2020

Celebrating 60 years as Los Angelesa?? oldest non-profit theater company, Company of Angels presents a live-streamed event Whata??s Going On? A Virtual Play Festival: Watch Whata??s Going On? live on Saturday, August 1 & 8 at 8 PM PST on Youtube at https://bit.ly/CoAWhatsGoingOn, Facebook Live at Facebook.com/CompanyofAngels or via their Website at companyofangels.org/whatsgoingon

Company of Angels Will Present the Los Angeles Short Play Festival: It's All ReLAtional!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 22, 2020

Celebrating 60 years as Los Angeles' oldest non-profit theater company, Company of Angels presents its 12th annual L.A Short Play Festival: It's All ReLAtional! Presented for 11 nights starting Saturday, March 21st, the festival features 8 new short plays by Los Angeles based playwrights that pose the question: What are the specifics, the nuances, the strife and successes of L.A life that impacts a relationship like no other city can?

Chef Hunter of Hunter & Charlie's - Teams Up With Actress Debrianna Mansini at THE MEATBALL CHRONICLES
by Rebecca Russo - Mar 30, 2019

Debrianna Mansini of Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad teams up again with Chef Hunter of Hunter & Charlie's in Hollywood for a Q&A about food, friendship and families recipes… recipes! April 7th at 4:15 p.m. immediately after her 3 p.m. matinee of THE MEATBALL CHRONICLES at the Hudson Guild Theatre (6539 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood 90038). Tickets are $30 and available at:

HUMANITAS Announces 2018 Play LA Award Recipients and 3rd Annual Play LA Festival Of New Works
by Kaitlin Milligan - Aug 31, 2018

HUMANITAS announces the 3rd Annual Festival of New Works at CASA 0101 Theatre in Los Angeles, September 7-9, 2018. Full schedule and information can be found at PlayLA.org

Breath Of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble Celebrates Its Quincenera With A New Play Festival
by BWW News Desk - May 26, 2018

Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble presents, '15 Stories Celebrating 15 Years - A New Works Festival' today, May 26 @ 2:00 PM presented at Grand Central Arts Center Theater in downtown Santa Ana. There will be a small reception to follow.

Breath Of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble Celebrates Its Quincenera With A New Play Festival
by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2018

Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble presents, '15 Stories Celebrating 15 Years - A New Works Festival' on Saturday, May 26 @ 2:00 PM presented at Grand Central Arts Center Theater in downtown Santa Ana. There will be a small reception to follow.

The Vagrancy Announces New Season
by Sally Henry Fuller - Jan 26, 2016

After The Vagrancy's daring production of Maria Irene Fornes' WHAT OF THE NIGHT that earned the company three OVATION AWARD nominations, the Los Angeles based theatre company proudly prepares to take on Shakespeare's deliciously murderous MACBETH, cut, conceived, and directed by Artistic Director Caitlin Hart this coming October.