Applications Accepted Beginning Today, January 21, 2026 NEW YORK (January 21, 2026) — The American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association (ATCA) has announced year three of its groundbreaking Helbing Mentorship Program, planned to run from June 1, 2026–May 31, 2027.The year-long mentorship supports the work of a theater writer who identifies...
The work was produced under the 2024-2025 Helbing Fellowship program, honoring LGBTQIA+ theatre pioneer Terry Helbing NEW YORK (January 7, 2026) — Considering Our Town playwright Thornton Wilder’s life and work through a queer lens is the theme of a new collection of essays by D.R. Lewis, the American...
Cover for Helbing final report published January 7, 2026.: "D.R. Lewis. A Walk on the Wilder Side: A Queer Reading of Thornton Wilder. ATCA'/FATCA Helbing Mentorship Program. New York, NY.." The Helbing Mentorship Program, established in 2021, has supported and learned from two extraordinary young writers...
[Text based on December 4, 2025 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article by ATCA member Chris Rawson. Hall of Fame history through the decades outlined here.] New inductees of the Theater Hall of Fame include [L-R]: Tom Viola, Kathleen Marshall, Richard Thomas, Kenny Leon, and Anne Bogart. (Photo by...
[Excerpt from full post at American Theatre on line dated December 9, 2025.] [L-R] Helen Shaw (photo by Bobby Webster) and Emily Nussbaum "NEW YORK CITY: There’s good news for theatre criticism at two of the nation’s most important outlets, The New York Times and The New...
Charles Edward Whaley Charles Edward Whaley, long-term ATCA member, died Oct. 30, 2025 at the age of 97. Whaley was a journalist who covered education and the arts in the course of a seven-decade career. He was born on February 29, 1928 in Williamstown, in Grant County,...
Citlali Pizarro (she/her) For Citlali Pizarro, theater was her first love in elementary school and a long-lasting one that lasted into high school and beyond. But her other passion, writing, came into life in college, and she pursued it more fully by reporting on prisons after...
Citlali Pizarro (she/her) NEW YORK, NY | Oct. 29, 2025 – The American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association will award writer and producer Citlali Pizarro (she/her) the fourth annual Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism on Nov. 8 during its 2025 conference in New York. ATCA created...
Kelundra SmithPrimary Outlet: American Theatre Kelundra Smith ATCA profiled Smith back in April 2021, and we wanted to catch up with her activities since then. She has guided the annual Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism that has been awarded since 2022, assumed the position...
NEW YORK -- The Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee has announced the 2025 Henry Hewes Design Awards Honorees who will be recognized at the 61th annual ceremony on October 20, 2025 in New York. The 2025 Awards recognize artistry on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway stages for...