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Ucross, an artist residency program and creative laboratory for the arts in northeast Wyoming, today announced playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as its newest board member. Jacobs-Jenkins, whose work includes Everybody (Signature Theater), Neighbors (Public Theater), An Octoroon (Soho Rep, OBIE Award for Best New Play), Appropriate (Signature Theater, OBIE Award for Best New Play, Outer Critics Circle nominee), Gloria (Vineyard Theater, 2015), and War (Yale Rep, forthcoming), is a former Ucross Fellow. Jacobs-Jenkins joins current board members Jim Nelson, Ucross board chair and former energy...

Playwright Aleshea Harris Awarded 2021 Hermitage Greenfield Prize The Hermitage Artist Retreat (Andy Sandberg, Artistic Director and CEO), in collaboration with the Greenfield Foundation, has selected OBIE-winning playwright Aleshea Harris as the winner of the 2021 Hermitage Greenfield Prize, given this year in the artistic discipline of theater. Harris will receive a six-week residency at the Hermitage and a $30,000 commission for a new work, which will have its first public presentation in Sarasota in 2023 in collaboration with the Hermitage’s presenting partner, Asolo Repertory Theatre (...

The Arts Council of Princeton Welcomes Sarah Rasmussen for In Conversation with Timothy M. Andrews (PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Arts Council of Princeton welcomes Sarah Rasmussen, McCarter Theatre's Artistic Director, for a virtual conversation with Timothy M. Andrews, art collector and major supporter of the Arts Council of Princeton’s Artist-in-Residence program on Tuesday, January 5 from 7:00pm – 8:30pm. Tune in to learn about Sarah Rasmussen’s background, writing, art practice, and vision for McCarter during this pivotal time for the arts in Princeton. Free registration at artscouncilof...