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Hope College Theatre will host award-winning playwright, actor and solo-performance artist Rohina Malik for two presentations on Monday and Tuesday, April 4 and 5, that explore the experience of Muslim women.

Let’s start at the beginning. Where did you grow up? I grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. All of my family is mostly still there. My parents left after For the Rhode Island actor, educator and activist, all the world's a stage - one he's trying to mend and mold through the power of art.

Dreamcatcher Offers Online “Meet the Artist” New Play Readings Presented as part of New Jersey Theatre Alliance Stages Festival in May.by BWW News Desk Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, professional Theatre in Residence at the Oakes Center in Summit, will present its annual Meet the Artist new play reading series on Wednesdays, May 5, 12, 19 and 26. All readings will take place on Zoom at 7 pm, and require advance registration. This event is part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance 2021 Stage...

  Dreamcatcher Offers Online "Meet the Artist" New Play Readings as part of Stages Festival in May (SUMMIT, NJ) -- Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre will present its annual Meet the Artist new play reading series on Wednesdays, May 5, 12, 19 and 26. All readings will take place on Zoom at 7:00pm, and require advance registration. The new play reading series is a chance for the audience to participate in the development of new works, both to hear the plays read by professional actors and also to ...

New Rep Theatre names interim executive arts director New Repertory Theatre New Repertory Theatre recently announced the appointment of the Boston-based and award-winning theater producer and director M. Bevin O’Gara as its interim executive artistic director, effective April 5. O’Gara will serve in this position for approximately 9 to 12 months until the search for a permanent artistic director has been completed and a new leader is appointed. She succeeds Michael J. Bobbitt, who began hi...

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After a brief but significant tenure as artistic director of Watertowns New Repertory Theatre, Michael J. Bobbitt will depart this month to become executive director of the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Bobbitt – who joined the nonprofit theater in August 2019 and led it not only in expressing solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, but also in the development of its Strategic Anti-Racism, Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Accountability Action Plan, all while simultaneo...

New Repertory Theatre’s Michael J. Bobbitt chosen to lead Mass Cultural Council By Don Aucoin Globe Staff,Updated December 18, 2020, 11:51 a.m. Email to a Friend New Repertory Theatre artistic director Michael Bobbitt will assume his new role as executive director of the Mass Cultural Council on Feb. 1.Nic Antaya for The Boston Globe Michael J. Bobbitt, the first Black artistic director at Watertown’s New Repertory Theatre, where he established himself as a dynamic force brimming with...