Second Cohort Of BOLD Theater Women s Leadership Circle Grant Announced
BOLD has had members promoted to major theater leadership positions and has developed over 60 new works by women.by BWW News Desk
Northern Stage has announced the 2021 recipients of the BOLD Theater Women s Leadership Circle grant, which marks its fourth year with two new inductees into its unprecedented $3.5 million grant funded by the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation to support and promote women+ artistic directors and their associates in professional theaters across the United States.
Nataki Garrett, Artistic Director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, OR), and Maria Manuela Goyanes, Artistic Director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (Washington, DC), have each been awarded $250,000 a year for two years, and join the circle s previously-announced cohort of recipients: Susan V. Booth of Alliance Theatre (Atlanta, GA), Eileen J. Morris of The Ensemble Theatre (Houston, TX), Sarah Rasmussen of the McCart
Northern Stage Announces 2021 Recipients of the BOLD Theater Women s Leadership Circle Grant
Awardees: Nataki Garrett, Artistic Director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, OR), and Maria Manuela Goyanes, Artistic Director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.by BWW News Desk
Northern Stage has announced the 2021 recipients of the BOLD Theater Women s Leadership Circle grant, which marks its fourth year with two new inductees into its unprecedented $3.5 million grant funded by the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation to support and promote women+ artistic directors and their associates in professional theaters across the United States. Nataki Garrett, Artistic Director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, OR), and Maria Manuela Goyanes, Artistic Director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (Washington, DC), have each been awarded $250,000 a year for two years, and join the circle s previously-announced cohort of recipients: Susan V. Booth of Alliance Theatre (Atlanta, GA), Eileen J.
New London Barn Playhouse launches $3.5 million building campaign
The New London Barn Playhouse is planning the largest construction project in its 89-year history. The $3.5 million project will expand the venerable Barn s porch, install new restrooms, a courtyard and parking, and it will add a new building for rehearsals and education programs and a scene shop. Barn officials say they plan to break ground in the spring. (Courtesy New London Barn Playhouse)
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NEW LONDON Throughout its long history, the New London Barn Playhouse has been a summer place.
The converted barn itself was too drafty for any but the warmest days, and for much of the theater company’s 89-year history, it produced only musicals, the sunniest of theater pieces.
Youth Triumphant sculpture in Barre
Two words that got used a lot in 2020 are resilience and pivot. The former is always a good thing; the latter we d be happy to dump in the vocabulary dustbin. Pivoting was what everyone on the planet was forced to do this year when the coronavirus arrived most definitely including the creative sector. The cancellations of performances and exhibitions, the closure of venues, and the loss of income for many artists and arts organizations were severe blows; we may not yet know the full extent of the effects.
In response, creatives got, well, creative. It didn t take long for nearly every kind of artist to reposition themselves online. Many learned recording and livestreaming skills and realized far-reaching opportunities; none of that will disappear when the virus does. Others repaired to the social-distancing-friendly outdoors think drive-in movies and concerts, Vermont Shakespeare Festival s
For the performing arts in Vermont, 2020 was the year that wasnât. Yet the COVID-19 pandemic revealed many arts organizationsâ ability to redefine themselves â and for others it meant a complete shutdown.
January began optimistically with a splendid performance by the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Anne Decker, of Menottiâs Christmas opera, âAmahl and the Night Visitorsâ at City Hall Arts Center. The Spice on Snow traditional music festival celebrated its 10th year, also in the capital.
Vermont Stage, the Burlington professional theater, mounted excellent productions of âRelativity,â by Mark St. Germain â in which Ron Crawford became Albert Einstein â and âMarie and Rosetta,â the rockinâ gospel of Sister Rosetta Tharpe.