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Financial barriers removed for National Portrait Gallery prizes, plus winners of Design Fringe, dual champions of poetry slam and more!

Jean Meltzer has the unique distinction of being the world’s only Emmy-award winning, chronically ill and disabled, rabbinical-school drop-out. Yet, it is this extraordinary background --- coupled with a firm belief in holding onto your joy and seeking out happy endings --- that forms the basis of her diverse work.

John Minigan, a playwright who’s been quoted as saying that “Shakespeare is the wallpaper of my mind,” has written a play full of characters that the bard might have invented

Gloucester Stage Company has announced the world premiere of TALL TALES FROM BLACKBURN TAVERN, written by John Minigan and directed by Bryn Boice. The production will open on Friday, September 1, and run through September 24 at Gloucester Stage Company's historic waterfront theater.

Artemisia Theatre champions stories of women and other marginalized people; "A Hit Dog Will Holler" is out soon at The Den Theatre.