Register now for the 2022 New World Rigging Symposium, which will take place online April 5-7, 2022. The symposium will carry nine ETCP education renewal credits for re-certification and the cost is just $99. A few new session highlights include:Read More »New Session Highlights of the Upcoming 2022 New World Rigging Symposium
Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional stage managers and actors in live theater, has released the union’s third diversity and inclusion hiring bias report, tracking the demographics of how its members are hired for acting and stage management work, and how much they were paid in the year 2020.Read More »Actors’ Equity Association Releases Latest Diversity and Inclusion Hiring Bias Report
A New Initiative for Black Undergraduate Students in Partnership with CUNY
Black Theatre United (BTU), a non-profit organization that helps protect Black people, Black talent, and Black lives in theatre, announces the launch of the Broadway Marketing Internship Program, a summer-long initiative that provides 8 paid internships for undergraduate education students. The pilot program is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Black Theatre United, CUNY, and four of New York’s top live entertainment advertising and marketing agencies: Serino Coyne, AKA, RPM and Situation Interactive. With a strong focus on and commitment to increasing access for Black, Indigenous, and students of color who have an interest in this arena, yet open to all, this program will provide a learning space to develop a deeper understanding of how the industry operates by working with the various companies and organizations that keep Broadway moving. Two students will be placed with each of the four participating agencies for the eight-week paid program, which runs June 27 – August 19, 2022. Applications are available now at BlackTheatreUnited.com and are due by Monday, March 28, 2022.Read More »Black Theatre United Presents the Broadway Marketing Internship Program
Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the application launch of THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color. With $1,635,000 in support from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, TCG is working in partnership with an Advisory Circle of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC*) to provide unrestricted funds for Black theatres, Indigenous theatres, and Theatres of Color (BITOC*) based in the U.S. (including Tribal Nations and U.S. Territories). THRIVE! will provide two grant opportunities, RESPOND and RECOGNIZE, as well as host REBUILD: A Learning Cohort, which will strengthen participating theatres’ effectiveness in areas such as financial planning, crisis management, scenario planning, and program evaluation.Read More »TCG Announces Application Launch for THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color
The Shubert Organization, Inc., announced that the 110-year-old Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street) will become the James Earl Jones Theatre, in recognition of Jones’s lifetime of immense contributions to Broadway and the entire artistic community.Read More »The Shubert Organization Announces the Naming of the James Earl Jones Theatre
Tony Walton, an iconic award-winning designer and director for theater, film, television, ballet, and opera died on March 2, 2022 at his apartment in New York City after complications from a stroke. He was 87.
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Mental Health First Aid Training Classes for March and April 2022 are now posted on the Behind the Scenes website at btshelp.org/mhfa. Make a difference by knowing how to start a conversation with someone you are worried about, how to listen non-judgmentally, and refer them to appropriate support.Read More »Spring Dates Announced for Mental Health First Aid Training
On February 23, 2022, the Long Wharf Theatre, located in New Haven, CT announced that it would be leaving its longtime home at 222 Sargent Drive near the New Haven harbor in the fall of 2023. Founded in 1965 by Jon Jory and Harlan Kleiman, Long Wharf was committed to the creation of new works and the reexamination of classic plays. It is currently led by Artistic Director Jacob G. Padrón and Managing Director Kit Ingui.Read More »Long Wharf Theatre Leaving its Longtime Home in New Haven, CT
Do you know how to safely intervene if you see a co-worker being bullied or intimidated? In only one hour you will learn five easily accessible tools, illustrated by relevant scenarios, for use in any workplace to safely intervene without the worry of retaliation.Read More »Bystander Intervention in the Entertainment Industry Webinars Announced
Standby for something NEW from Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC). Join ETC live and online March 1, 2022 to see the next big thing in theatrical lighting control. Here’s a teaser video from ETC on this Launch Event:
Read More »The Next Generation of ETC Eos Lighting Control Arrives on March 1, 2022
Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Polly Findlay at London’s The Bridge Theatre last autumn, the European premiere of White Noise explored the subject of race in the 21st century from both a black and white perspective through a group of college friends.Read More »Lighting Designer Jackie Shemesh Chooses Ayrton Diablo for White Noise at The Bridge Theatre
The ESTA Technical Standards Program (TSP) announces that it has six documents in public review to become American National Standard–new standards, revisions of old standards, and reaffirmations of existing standards.Read More »Six ESTA Document Now in Public Review