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across the United States. We are impressed by Ms. Kerwin’s experience and vision and are excited to have her lead OKC Rep into the next generation,” said Search Committee Chair Max Weitzenhoffer, who is chairman of Nimax Theaters and a member of the OKC Rep board of directors.  Kerwin will be starting with OKC Rep July 6 and is relocating to Oklahoma City from New York City, where she serves as the associate producer for The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival. She is also a line...

A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call will precede the in-person second part event. The Public Theatre Facebook/@publictheater The Public Theater will reopen for live performances this summer with the second part of the A Thousand Ways trilogy by experimental theatremakers Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone of 600 Highwaymen. In-person participants will be able to experience A Thousand Ways (Part Two): An Encounter June 8-August 15. Part Two: An En...

The Public Theater announced today the New York premiere of A THOUSAND WAYS (PART TWO): AN ENCOUNTER, inviting audiences to take part-in-person-in the continuation of this acclaimed work from 600 HIGHWAYMEN (Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone). While the first part engaged two remote participants-often thousands of miles apart-in an automated hour-long phone call, PART TWO: AN ENCOUNTER brings together new pairs of strangers to share physical space in the creation of a private piece of thea...

The Line by Jessica Blank and Eric Jenssen

But Shakespeare’s magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he. — John Dryden It’s April — “Poetry Month.” My predecessor, Richard, had a soft spot for poetry. I’m rather partial to it myself. Given that yesterday, April 24, was considered, apocryphally or not, to be both the birthday and death day of William Shakespeare, who, with somewhere between 36 to 40 plays in verse and 154 sonnets to his credit is at least as much a poet as a playwright, I think it...

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? Eric Ting remembers the chill that passed through the room when someone coughed during the California Shakespeare Theater gala in March of last year. The annual fundraising event—essential to the theate...

A couple of weeks ago, the Hollywood Reporter published a story about theater and film giant Scott Rudin and the decades of alleged mistreatment that employees suffered at his hands. This past weekend, the Washington Post broke the news that Rudin, in a moment of contrition, is planning to "step back" (whatever that means) from his role as lead producer on shows like The Music Man and To Kill a Mockingbird, so as not to disrupt Broadways long-awaited return. Rudins career on Broadway is unp...

The 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been awarded to U.S. playwright Erika Dickerson-Despenza for her play about the Flint, Michigan water crisis, cullad wattah. Awarded annually since 1977, The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize is the largest and oldest international prize honoring Women+ playwrights. On April 7, a livestream of the award ceremony honored Dickerson-Despenza and the other 9 Finalists. Award-winning star of stage and screen, and one of this years Blackburn Prize Judges, Paapa Essi...

The Central Park production, based on "Merry Wives of Windsor," will be set in Harlem.

The Arts Are Coming Back This Summer. Just Step Outside. The return of Shakespeare to Central Park is among the most visible signs that theaters, orchestras and opera companies aim to return to the stage — outdoors. The Delacorte Theater, home to Shakespeare in the Park, has sat empty throughout the coronavirus pandemic, but will reopen this summer with an adaptation of “The Merry Wives of Windsor.”Credit...George Etheredge for The New York Times March 16, 2021 The path back for performin...