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Two fully staged world premieres plus readings of four plays in development.

The antiracist theater collective will present its first season at Tribeca's Flea Theater, as the organization's Key Resident Company-a reparative grant and partnership offered to a nascent company that centers Black, Brown and Queer artists.

Musical features Broadway vet, local lead

(UNION, NJ) -- Premiere Stages at Kean University will present the staged reading of Tylie Shider’s Certain Aspects of Conflict in the Negro Family October 29-31 in Kean University’s Liberty Hall Academic Center. Tylie Shider is the recipient of the Liberty Live 2021/22 Commission. The staged reading will feature Kena Anae as Junior, Cedric Cannon as Clif, Debra D. Shider as Ruth and Joy Sudduth as Peach. Othell J. Miller directs.

Playwright Paloma Sierra Set For Heros Environmental Justice Film/Theater Initiative NUESTRO PLANETA Nuestro Planeta will focus on specific countries in Latin America, beginning with Colombia and Puerto Rico.by Alexa Criscitiello Puerto Rican writer, translator, educator and curator Paloma Sierra has been commissioned to pen the second segment of Hero Theatre and Hero Multimedias Nuestro Planeta, a ten-year multimedia new works initiative that focuses on educating Latinx film and theater audie...

WORCESTER — The Mass Cultural Council has chosen Caitlin McCarthy and Shrish Korde, both of Worcester, among Massachusetts artists who will each receive $15,000 2021 Artist Fellowship Awards. The awards are for "exceptional work in the disciplines of Crafts, Dramatic Writing, Film & Video, Music Composition, Photography, and Sculpture/Installation/New Genres." McCarthy, who received a fellowship award in the Dramatic Writing category, has written several award-winning screenplays. She sa...

Hollywood stars show support for Black-owned Micheaux Film Festival; winners list Photo provided by Arianna Drummand The Micheaux Film Festival is a multicultural film festival that focuses on BIPOC creators and celebrates diverse representation in the entertainment landscape. With a cutting-edge and fresh take on the traditional festival experience, they brought independent creatives together while curating an environment for artists to build community with future collaborators in the ...

Seven Writers Selected For Echo Theater Companys 2021 Playwrights Lab Selected artists include Amanda L. Andrei, June Carryl, Ricardo Perez Gonzalez, Hannah Kenah, Daria Miyeko Marinelli, Liza Powel OBrien and LaDarrion Williamsby BWW News Desk Los Angeles-based Echo Theater Company, dedicated to creating new work for the theater, has announced the names of seven playwrights who will participate in the companys 2021 Playwrights Lab. Facilitated by co-directors Brian Otaño and Hannah Wolf, pla...

Ucross And The Blank Theatre Announce Winners Of Future Of Playwriting Prize The two winners are Kori Alston and Dave Osmundsen.by BWW News Desk Ucross, a prestigious artist residency program and creative laboratory for the arts in Wyoming, and The Blank Theatre, a Los Angeles institution celebrating 31 years of imaginative theatre, today announced the winners of the newly created Ucross + The Blank Theatre Future of Playwriting Prize, a one-of-a-kind award for young playwrights nationwide. Uc...

Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama’s spring plays will be streamed free online, beginning March 10.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Looking for some live music from a big-time country music star? Trace Adkins is scheduled to play The Palace Theatre in Greensburg in January 2022. In the meantime, many of the area’s entertainment options remain in the virtual re...