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...
Jay Handelman As shared with ATCA members in the August 13, 2025 THE UPDATE newsletter, colleague Jay Handelman has decided to shift his professional homebase from his long-term home at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune for an outlet he is developing. He has no plans to leave his...
Anyone not attending the American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association’s annual conference and presentation of the third annual Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism this year can watch a livestream of a discussion between Christian Lewis (they/them; Variety, Queerty, Playbill), this year’s winner, and last...
ATCA will hold its annual meeting in New York City Friday November 8 -- Sunday, November 10, 2024. “No One Asked Us to Do This” will be held at several venues in Manhattan, with a special screening on Thursday, November 7 for conference registrants. This is the third...
A new "generative writing fellowship" has been announced, housed at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, partnering with American Theatre magazine, utilizing as mentors leading theater writers and editors from around the country, and developing "fellow-curated newsletters" and establishing publication contacts for distribution of writing developed during...
ATCA will hold its annual meeting in New York City November 10-12, 2023. This is the second time that ATCA members have convened in the same physical space since Fall 2019, and the first since last year's successful midtown meeting entitled "Reseated and In Person,"...
Mario Fratti. Photo: Joseph Marzullo Playwright, critic, educator, and man about town Mario Fratti has died at the age of 95. Many in the theater world know him as responsible for the Italian play Six Passionate Women adapted from Federico Fellini’s film 8 1/2 that was...
Michael Feingold (left) and Alvin Epstein during Epstein's tenure (1978-1980) as Guthrie Theater artistic director, with Feingold as his literary director. Photo: Jonathan Abarbanel personal collection. Eminent, admired, and influential theater critic Michael Feingold died Nov. 21 in New York after nearly a decade of declining...
[Text based on November 17, 2022 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article by ATCA member Chris Rawson, with some style sheet and other small edits. Additional coverage by Rawson can be found here.] ATCA members at 2022 Theater Hall of Fame induction November 14, 2022. L-R: Chris Rawson, Martha...
Chair David John Chávez has crafted a notice to ATCA members about the upcoming conference. While the hard-working conference committee puts finishing touches on plans and navigates last minute changes (aren't there always last minute changes?) Chávez reminds the membership of the milestone of this...