American Theatre magazine

11/12/2025

Tomorrow!

11/12/2025

In this month's awards roundup, highlights include the Susan Smith Blackburn finalist plays, Kurt Weill prizes for musical theatre scholarship, and Qui Nguyen, who was named the William Inge Theatre Festival’s 2026 Playwright Honoree.

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

11/12/2025

“In training, the most salutary change I’ve seen over the course of my career is that over time, experientially, faculties have become much more sophisticated in teaching the student who is directly in front of them, as opposed to establishing a kind of uniform or blanket standard for what the training is that would have historically missed or underserved a significant percentage of students. I think students are seen much more clearly, and encouraged much more directly, to bring their full selves to the project, and they are much more likely to be seen and appreciated with a sophisticated perspective on their differences from and similarities to other students. Ron van Lieu uses the metaphor of the soloist and the member of the ensemble. Ideally you want people to be able to do both.” -James Bundy, reflecting on what’s changed in his 24-year tenure at Yale Repertory Theatre and David Geffen School of Drama at Yale

As he leaves the dual helm of the Geffen School of Drama at Yale and Yale Repertory Theatre after 24 years, he reflects on a career of leading and learning.

11/12/2025

In this month's Know a Theatre, we take a look at theatre dybbuk, where its small ensemble creates research-based plays with stylized movement, viewing universal human experience through the lens of Jewish thought.

This small ensemble creates research-based plays with stylized movement, viewing universal human experience through the lens of Jewish thought.

10/12/2025

Outside In represents “an attempt to establish a physical and digital space in which voices and stories can be discovered, evolve, and shared” and “intends to be a welcoming and nurturing space…for artists shaping their personal stories and for audiences to witness and to participate in.” -Daniel Blinkoff, co-founder of Outside In Theatre

A new black box theatre and art space founded by local stage veterans is staging bilingual dramas and doing experimental residencies.

09/12/2025

Drama Club has opened submissions for its 2026 Drama Club Camp Writer Residencies—a series of fully subsidized, week-long development retreats for musical-theater writers at its 65-acre lakeside campus in Mount Vernon, Maine. Deadline is Dec. 31.

Apply to attend Drama Club Camp 2026. Applications ProcessRequirements to attend Camp• You must be working on a specific musical, which can be at any stage of development• The entire writing team must come to Camp• Only one person per musical should applyApplications will require the following...

09/12/2025

BREAKING: Good news for theatre criticism at two of the nation's most important outlets! Helen Shaw leaves The New Yorker for the New York Times’s top spot, while former NYer TV critic Emily Nussbaum will take over the mag’s theatre beat.

Helen Shaw leaves The New Yorker for the Times’s top spot, while former NYer TV critic Emily Nussbaum will take over the mag’s theatre beat.

08/12/2025

Teachers: As the curtain closes on 2025, what classroom or stage moments meant the most to you this year?

08/12/2025

Applications are now open for 2026-27 New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellowship for Young Directors through Repertorio Español. The two-year opportunity includes a $6,000 yearly stipend and the opportunity to direct two professional Spanish-language productions. Deadline is Jan. 11, 2026.

Directors Fellowship Application

08/12/2025

What shows did you do or see over the weekend?