Irma P. Hall News

The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will present the Black Theatre Society's inaugural new works reading event.

Watch as the Georgetown Palace Theatre recently sat down for a chat with the amazing Selmore Haines, III, to talk about his upcoming solo performance in Thurgood.

Starring Jasmine Shanise and Rodney Honeycutt, this emotionally charged narrative confronts questions of bias and injustice.

Get ready for a thrilling start to Lyric Stage Boston's 2023/24 season with Stephen Sondheim's Assassins. Don't miss this limited run of the captivating musical. Experience the powerful production at Lyric Stage Boston and immerse yourself in the world of Assassins.

High school students, teachers, parents, friends, arts advocates, celebrities and city officials celebrated as winners and scholarship recipients were announced at the 12th Annual Broadway Dallas High School Musical Theatre Awards.

Broadway Dallas has announced the 2023 nominees for the 12th Annual Broadway Dallas High School Musical Theatre Awards (HSMTA). The awards ceremony will take place live at the Music Hall at Fair Park on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Tickets will go on sale May 3 at 10 a.m.   

A Wonderful World, A New Musical about the Life and Loves of Louis Armstrong will premiere in New Orleans and Chicago this fall, with Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart starring as Armstrong. See additional details, and how to purchase tickets!

Evanston’s Fleetwood – Jourdain Theatre will present Lisa B. Thompson’s THE MAMALOGUES – an evening of monologues about the experience of parenting while Black, unmarried, and middle class in the age of anxiety – from July 23 to August 7, 2022.

Bishop Arts Theatre Center has announced the regional premiere production of Idris Goodwin's poignant play, Bars & Measures.

Ground Floor Theatre has announced the cast for the Austin premiere of Dot written by award-winning actor, director and playwright Colman Domingo running May 13–28, 2022. Directed by Lisa B. Thompson, this twisted and hilarious new play grapples unflinchingly with aging parents, midlife crisis, and the heart of a West Philly neighborhood.

ALL ARTS, the multimedia platform covering visual art, music, theater, dance, film and literature, premieres four film projects from Le'Andra LeSeur, DonChristian Jones, Jonathan McCrory, and Matthew Whitaker commissioned as part of its 2022 Artist in Residence program.

Dallas Theater Center has announced the addition of several full-time resident artists!

Dallas Theater Center has announced the addition of several full-time resident artists! Zachary J. Willis, Christina Austin Lopez, and Bob Hess join the Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company. while Jonathan Norton, DTC playwright-in-residence, has been promoted to a full-time staff member!

Ground Floor Theatre has announced the return to live theatre with an updated 2021 season schedule along with two titles for the 2022 season, and the second quarter GFT In Residence Artist. After moving rain falls special on me and Anna in the Tropics from the 2020 season, GFT has now set dates for both.

The Board of Directors of New York Theatre Barn have announced the exciting addition of four new members to its board: Robin Gorman Newman, Jiles King, Matt Redmond and Kareem Washington. New York Theatre Barn is a non-profit anti-racist theatre company that has served as a home for original culture shifting musicals during incubation since 2007.

The Old Globe's 2020 Summer Season brings to Balboa Park an extraordinarily talented group of artists who will delight audiences with their unique takes on four great works of theatre. The season incudes a classic American musical, a new adaptation of a 20th century thriller, and two of Shakespeare's masterworks on our outdoor stage.

The American pie has limited slices. So we determine who gets what based on racism, sexism, classism or any other ism that breeds social oppression. Self preservation subjugates our humanity for the sake of survival. And the pursuit of the American dream causes us to live on the periphery of morality. The Conscious Theater Project is a series of plays written by award winning playwright and social activist Willie Holmes. Holmes explains, 'Each work explores the moral dilemma of a democratic society without social empathy.

The American pie has limited slices. So we determine who gets what based on racism, sexism, classism or any other ism that breeds social oppression. Self preservation subjugates our humanity for the sake of survival. And the pursuit of the American dream causes us to live on the periphery of morality. The Conscious Theater Project is a series of plays written by award winning playwright and social activist Willie Holmes. Holmes explains, 'Each work explores the moral dilemma of a democratic society without social empathy.

The American pie has limited slices. So we determine who gets what based on racism, sexism, classism or any other ism that breeds social oppression. Self preservation subjugates our humanity for the sake of survival. And the pursuit of the American dream causes us to live on the periphery of morality. The Conscious Theater Project is a series of plays written by award winning playwright and social activist Willie Holmes. Holmes explains, 'Each work explores the moral dilemma of a democratic society without social empathy.