Image heading American Theatre on-online article dated March 11, 2026.. L-R Blake Robison, Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, BJ Jones, Snehal Desai, and Joseph Haj at Theater Leader Summit 2026 at Milwaukee Rep.. March 4-6, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, more than 80 artistic directors, executive directors, and journalists representing...
Chad Bauman, gracious host and co-convenor of Theater Leader Summit 2026 at Milwaukee Rep, provides pre-dinner reflections on the field, March 4, 2026. Photo by Martha Wade Steketee. Milwaukee, March 4, 2026 — Chad Bauman, Ellen & Joe Checota Executive Director of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater,...
Chris Rawson The ATCA Executive Committee unanimously voted earlier this month to honor the career and service of Christopher Comstock Hart Rawson -- critic, board member, academic, occasional performer, and celebrator of the legacy of Pittsburgh native August Wilson -- with election to ATCA Emeritus member...
Scott ("Scotty") Livermore Bennett, Jr. The world is a little less joyful today without an ATCA stalwart who loved jokes, puns, wordplay, and the delight of awaiting the rise of the theater curtain “on the aisle”. Scott Livermore Bennett, Jr. (who always asked to be called “Scotty”)...
New York — ATCA Executive Committee Leadership ratification took place February 9, 2026, after the January 2026 electronic election results were tabulated. This is the second year that the ATCA membership year and leadership terms align with the calendar year. The 2026 membership year and...
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...