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With two new company members and a lineup of new shows to be performed on both the upstairs and downstairs stages including a very different take on A Christmas Carol the Alley Theatre has announced itself ready to resume its in-person performance obligations in fall 2021 with enthusiasm.
If you’re curious how the art of the ancient world might translate to contemporary fashion or just how many Rodgers and Hammerstein II aficionados can fit in a football stadium, you’re in the right place. We have this and much more, so keep reading to find this week’s best virtual and socially distanced events.
Fashion Fusion VI: Antiquities to Modern Art on Thursday, May 6, at 7 p.m. Presented virtually this year, the annual collaboration sees student-designers from HCC’s Fashion Design program challenged to create looks inspired by the museum’s collection. During the program, viewers will also get behind-the-scenes peeks into the designers’ studios and vote for their favorite creations. You can watch the runway looks, modeled in the MFAH galleries, on Facebook Live.
After having closed its doors to the public in March 2020 due to COVID-19, the Alley Theatre has announced its plans to reopen the theatre in Fall 2021. Reopening the Alley Theatre coincides with its 75th Anniversary Season with performances beginning on October 1, 2021. The 75th Anniversary Season and the Alley s celebratory return to live performances includes three world premiere plays and one world premiere musical. I couldn t be more excited to get back into the Theatre with this fabulous line-up including a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, a world-premiere musical, and three world premiere plays, said Artistic Director Rob Melrose. Our 75th Season boasts the most world premieres of any of our 74 previous seasons! When founder Nina Vance started this Theatre in 1947, she sent out 214 penny postcards and stated It s beginning! Houston, this is your Theatre. For the 75 Anniversary and beyond, we are committed to being a Theatre for all Houstonians. I m thrilled to usher in the 7
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