Playwright Lauren Gunderson, Perspectives in Criticism 2014
Click here for Gunderson’s talk (Humana Festival, 2014), the 33rd in a series that began in 1992....
Click here for Gunderson’s talk (Humana Festival, 2014), the 33rd in a series that began in 1992....
With two new members, the new excom meets on the afternoon of April 5. In full view (right): Jonathan Abarbanel, Myrna Petlicki, Erin Keane. That night, a brief appearance is made by a sheetcake honoring ATCA’s 40th birthday (born in 1974): (at the left) from left, chair...
Louisville, KY, April 5, 2014 — ATCA has named Lauren Gunderson’s I and You recipient of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, recognizing playwrights for scripts that premiered professionally outside New York City during 2013. Gunderson’s delicate but droll play about teenagers exploring life and death received...
Louisville, KY — ATCA members today selected New Orleans as the site for the 2015 national conference, next spring, to be chaired by member Alan Smason. Treanor crowns Abarbanel Abarbanel embarasses Keane The executive committee re-elected Jonathan Abarbanel chair, along with Tim Treanor vice-chair; Barbara Bannon and Kerry...
Louisville, KY — Elected today to 3-years terms on the ATCA executive committee were Erin Keane of Louisville and Lou Harry of Indianapolis. They succeed Brad Hathaway of Sausalito and Eddie Rubin of New York. Wendy Rosenfield of Philadelphia was re-elected to a second term. Erin Keane Lou Harry ...
Louisville, KY — For the first time, a playwright was invited to give the Perspectives in Criticism talk that has been a feature of 33 ATCA gatherings since 1992. A few snippets of her lively remarks, engagingly delivered, which will continue to stimulate discussion throughout...
Perspectives in Criticism talk, the 33rd in a series that began in 1992.By Lauren Gunderson, playwrightFor the ATCA National Conference at the Humana Festival, April 3, 2014 (Some history of the 23 year series.) Hello my name is Lauren and I am a playwright and you are room full...
Opening Remarks, General Membership Meeting, Louisville, KY, 3 April 2014By Jonathan Abarbanel, chair Jonathan Abarbanel, ATCA chair Good-morning, everyone. Welcome to Louisville, Kentucky and the Annual Conference of the American Theatre Critics Association. While this is our 37th annual meeting, in fact our Association marks its 40th anniversary...
Registration now open for ATCA’s 40th anniversary conference! If you’d like to be persuaded to attend, click below. Otherwise, go right to these links:Conference Registration and Galt House (Hotel) — or phone them at 800-626-1814. The bluegrass will be extra-blue, the bourbon will be extra-strong and every play will be exciting (we hope)...
ATCA’s 2014 annual conference runs today through Sunday (April 2-6) at Actors Theatre of Louisville, but ATCA meetings the first two days will quickly yield to the Humana Festival of New American Plays, the premiere such festival in the country. On this, its final weekend,...