Lenelle Mo News Today

A packed house at the Huntington Theatre turned out Monday night for the 41st Elliot Norton Awards.

The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize is the largest and oldest international award recognizing women+.

The 2024 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been awarded to UK playwright Ava Pickett for her play 1536. Learn more about Pickett and the award!

Co-directed by Carl and ART artistic director Diane Paulus, the play adapted from Carl's memoir is getting its world premiere Feb. 16-March 10 at the Loeb Drama Center.

Dramas by April De Angelis and Rhianna Ilube have been nominated for the prestigious award honouring female, transgender and non-binary playwrights

The award honors female and non-binary playwrights who have written English language plays.

The 2024 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has revealed the finalists for this prestigious international award honoring women+ playwrights.

Dawn M. Simmons, a pillar of the local theater scene, makes her operatic directing debut with the production opening Nov. 8.

As a theatrical professional and educator, I’m working to help make the industry more welcoming for the next generation.

In a time of extreme polarization, Black theater holds up a mirror to uncomfortable truths.