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New York Stage and Film Commits $100,000 to Support Artists with NEXUS Initiative New York Stage and Film, considered “one of the preeminent incubators for theater in the country,” has committed $100,000 to their new NEXUS Initiative that brings together 20 multi-hyphenate artists to explore the question “where does story exist at the intersection of stage and film?” Through this inaugural program, NYSAF will offer direct support to these artists – each participant receives $5,000 and will take part in a series of conversations focused on the needs of new and expanded forms of story...

Written by ACT of CT ACT (A Contemporary Theatre) of CT is excited to announce their newest endeavor; a collaboration with Academy Award-winning composer Stephen Schwartz, which will combine the mediums of theater and film to create a world-premiere experience exclusively for ACT of CT audiences. Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook is an original musical which incorporates over two dozen of Mr. Schwartz's songs, including songs from Wicked, Pippin, Godspell, The Baker’s Wife, Rags, Working, Children of Eden, and Enchanted. The show is a touching and authentic look into how we fall i...

Playwrights Realm Announces Winners of International Theatermakers Award Recipients include lighting designer Alexandra Vásquez Dheming, director Danilo Gambini, lighting designer Omar Madkour and more.by BWW News Desk Applying for an O-1 visa can cost thousands of dollars-and be a draining and uncertain experience. In a moment where most theatermakers are struggling to maintain their livelihoods, immigrant artists are having to work under the added pressures of these costly applications, international travel restrictions, and the maintenance of status requirements to prove "extraordinary a...

Sundance Film Festival. Needless to say, due to COVID and the possibility of sponsoring a super spreader event, Sundance, like so many other film festivals have taken their party virtual.  So, how is that gonna work?  One of the most endearing things about attending is running through the snow and grabbing a shuttle to all those screenings, panels, parties and networking events.  How do you party and network online?  What about those conversations on a shuttle bus that may shift your different gaze or perspective on a film that hadn’t entered your consciousness? Well, Sundance Institute...

New radio play dramatizes terror attack at Black Tom Updated Jan 27, 2021; Posted Jan 27, 2021 Playwright Martin Casella’s “Black Tom Island” has been adapted into a radio play by Art House Productions and is available for download. Facebook Share On the morning of July 30, 1916, one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions took place in Jersey City when German saboteurs destroyed a U.S. munitions depot on Black Tom Island. Playwright Martin Casella’s “Black Tom Island,” based on the actual incident and seen through the lens of a fictionalized Slovak immigrant and his wi...