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David Auburn, AB’91, an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and director, has been announced as the speaker for the University of Chicago’s 2026 Class Day celebration on June 5. Auburn will address ...

The historic Cherry Lane Theatre has partnered with Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Baker (BFA '03) to launch the Cherry Lane Playwrights Collective. This nine-month developmental program offers a small ...

James and I worked at Villanova University together for 6 years. I am still in touch with him. Ijames, 46, was born in North Carolina and attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He earned his ...

Source: L'Imaginaire / Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons. CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain On December 25, 1914, British and German soldiers stopped fighting and met in the middle of “no man’s land” ...

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Playwrights Horizons, an Off-Broadway theater, was hit with a class action on Dec. 22 in New York Southern District Court over alleged race-based discrimination. The suit, brought by Consovoy McCarthy ...

Capital Stage will begin accepting script submissions for its annual new play festival, PLAYWRIGHTS’ REVOLUTION, from January 6 through March 6, 2026. The program focuses on identifying and developing ...

In this Sept. 4, 2012 file photo, British playwright Tom Stoppard poses as he arrives for the world premiere of "Anna Karenina," in London. Editor Tom Stoppard, often hailed as one of the greatest ...

NEW YORK CITY: Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood, an OBIE-winning collective of emerging professional playwrights, has announced new members for the 2025-26 season. Now in its 32nd year, Youngblood ...