The Dramatist Blog

Ambassador Report: New Mexico

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Talia Pura

Live theatre in New Mexico is on hiatus, along with the rest of the world, but has boasted a thriving theatrical scene. We look forward to its return.

Oct 08, 2020

Ambassador Report: Maine

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Andrea Lepcio

Playwrights are very spread out across the fairly large state of Maine. Or, I should say, many are in the Southern part of the State and the rest of us are spread out.

Oct 07, 2020

Ambassador Report: Indiana

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Mark Levine

Like everywhere else in the world, the COVID-19 pandemic stopped theatre in its tracks in Indiana. Planned productions were scrapped, and opportunities dried up.

The cast and crew of Hype Man: A Break Beat Play at the Fonseca Theatre Company. Photo by Ankh Productions/Chandra V. Lynch.

Oct 06, 2020

Ambassador Report: Florida – Panhandle

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Paul Donnelly

Founded in 1987 by performance artist, activist and DG member TERRY GALLOWAY and her wife, Florida State University communication

Oct 05, 2020

Ambassador Report: California – San Diego

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Aleta Barthell
and Thelma de Castro

Black Lives Matter.

Tamara McMillian in Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage at New Village Arts Theatre. Photo by Daren Scott.

Oct 02, 2020

Ambassador Report: California – Long Beach/Orange County

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Diana Burbano

The theatre community in Long Beach on the OC have been working to find a way to work. The same week that we started to shelter in place, virtual theatre booted up.

Oct 01, 2020

NEWS: AAPAC Releases Diversity Report for NYC Theatres

The Obie Award-winning Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC) released its newly-titled annual report today, The Visibility Report: Racial Representation on New York City Stages, covering employment statistics by race for actors, playwrights, composers, librettists and directors for the 2017-18 season for all of Broadway and the eighteen largest nonprofit theatre companies in New York City.

Oct 01, 2020

National Report: Puerto Rico

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One year ago, after 25 years in New York City, I relocated to San Juan. Immediately I began to ache for an artistic community.

Photo by Alex George on Unsplash

Sep 30, 2020

Copyright Advocacy: Between Never & Forever

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David Faux

The year 2019 was a windfall for dramatists skilled at adapting works, as a large number of classics finally enter the public domain.

Photo by Patrick Tomasso

Sep 29, 2020

NEWS: Elizabeth Van Dyke Named as New AD of New Federal Theatre

Woodie King, Jr., Producting Director of the New Federal Theatre, has announced that DG member ELIZABETH VAN DYKE will be the theatre's new Artistic Director.

Woody King, Jr. and Elizabeth Van Dyke. Photo by Lia Chang.

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