The state of play(s) in Southern California, where the theatre refuses to die.

Theater Alliance, IN Series, and 4EYE Film Center will lead and share a new arts hub and gathering space.

Despite challenges with funding and perception, theatre in Georgia's capital city is eclectic and vibrant.

How theatres in the nation's capital are surviving, striving, and living to fight another day.

One of 3 artists-in-residence at a newish theatre festival recounts the experience of gathering actors from all over China to explore Ibsen.

The adaptor/director of a new take on Sophocles's tragic trilogy reflects on the play's lessons about fate and failure, as retaught by the production's ups and downs—including a cancelled opening night.

The industry must not look away from a moment that is begging for it to change, writes publisher Kelundra Smith.

The Reduced Shakespeare Company joins those fighting to save Washington DC's Kennedy Center from those who would destroy it. RSC artistic directors Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor share their favorite...

The composer's longtime collaborator remembers his colleague's mischief and melancholy, and the melodic gift he took for granted.

DJ Hills takes inspiration from their own upbringing in rural Appalachia in this world premiere tackling the intersections among queerness, transness, class, and geography.

The Washington theatre commissioned 4 artists to share creative writing, performance, and video responses to the past year of living under National Guard occupation.

Imagine if we made arts and culture as free and accessible—and as beautiful—as places like Prospect Park.

Though it’s hardly her finest work, a new production of ‘An American Daughter’ offers a welcome chance to consider Wendy Wasserstein’s unique contributions to American theatre and beyond.

This edition features designers of all kinds working throughout the United States.

Kimberly Belflower’s popular drama will be the most-produced play in the 2026-27 season (apart from ‘A Christmas Carol’), and Wilson will be the most-produced author (aside from Shakespeare).

The playwright behind the Ufot Family Cycle chats about making theatre more community-oriented and humane, and how to make Black girls fly.

Working from a foundation of accessibility, this organization is beaming their art around the world, and supporting marginalized artists in the process.

A report on the NEA, and a deep dive into Hmong communities in Minneapolis.

A chat with the acclaimed actor and his wife, Nicole Ansari-Cox, onstage now in Oliver Cotton's new play at Shakespeare Theatre in D.C.

Opening Dallas Theater Center's season of all new work is a play about President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev’s fateful peace talk to scale down nuclear weapons.

A conversation with the playwright of 'Cry it Out,' a comedy/drama about bonds and conflicts among neighbors with young children.

Going beyond diversity statements, antiracist theatre practices promise a liberatory future for all.

4 companies will be selected to be residents at the multi-theatre complex for a 10-month season running February-November.

Going beyond diversity statements, antiracist theatre practices promise a liberatory future for all.

Theater event by American Theatre magazine on Wednesday, September 16 2026

This year’s festival marks 10 years of the Sol Project, 9 years of SolFest, and 4 years of the NSP Latine Shortsfest.

We shouldn't mistake the end of a funding arrangement for the end of the culture that funding once carried.

Through our play development program, the Premiere Play Festival, over 60 new plays have been developed through readings, workshops and full productions.

September highlights include two theatre reopenings after national emergencies, the African Company's beginnings, and a troupe's return to the states after foreign imprisonment.

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The historic Providence theatre’s artistic director, whose last play at its leader is 'The Getaway Driver,' recalls his two-decade tenure, and talks about what's next.

Recruited by Padua Hills Playwrights founder Murray Mednick, Shepard joined an ad-hoc faculty in 1978 for the experimental workshop. Among his pupils: a young David Henry Hwang.

Dr. Brett Ashley Crawford and Kyle Haden will lead the newly combined organization.

Every other year since 1989, the International Black Theatre Festival has gathered theatremakers and fans for a celebration of Black artistry and excellence.

The cup overfloweth in this nationwide roundup of new stage works.

The cup overfloweth in this nationwide roundup of new stage works.