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AICT-IATC President Jenkins World Theatre Day 2025 statement

Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, 14th President of the International Association of Theatre Critics (AICT-IATC), Professor and Chair of Theatre Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a Faculty Affiliate of Discovery Partners in Chicago, issued the statement below for World Theatre Day 2025, addressing the...

AICT-IATC President Jenkins and General Secretary Tvaltchrelidze on free expression and authoritarian governance

The International Association of Theatre Critics issued a condemnation of the Russian judicary's publishment of two theater artists, playwright Svetlana Petriychuk and director Yevgenia Berkovich for the play Finist the Brave Falcon. The Executive Committee of IATC voted to issue the following statement (also posted...

AICT-IATC President Jenkins and ATCA Chair Chávez offer thoughts on World Theatre Day

World Theatre Day (WTD) has been celebrated around the world since 1962 on the 27th of March as both a party and a commitment. The organization's website notes (using British spellings) that the day "is a celebration for those who can see the value and...

AICT-IATC President Jenkins on free expression on World Theatre Day 2023

Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, President of the International Association of Theatre Critics (AICT-IATC), issued a beautiful statement on concerns and hopes for the redemptive qualities of theater around the world on World Theatre Day 2023. The statements begins with a list of concerns. As we ponder sharing...

Georges Banu | Romanian and French critic passes (1943-2023)

Georges Banu Dear IATC Friends Throughout the Globe, It is my sad task to notify you that the great Romanian and French critic, Georges Banu, has passed from this life at the age of 79 after battling a grievous illness. Our Honorary President was one of the...

UK’s Theatre Record has new website and a new editor

The UK publication Theatre Record ("chronicling the British Stage since 1981") now has a shiny new website and a new editor, Alison Cook. "We have enhanced some areas, including improving the search engine, so from the launch of the new website you can search for...

Ragıp Ertuğrul | President of Turkish Theatre Critics Association passes at 52

Ragıp Ertuğrul Dear Friends, Colleagues, Members of AICT-IATC, and theatre lovers around the world, It is so difficult to find the right words at such moments. Ragıp Ertuğrul, President of the Turkish Theatre Critics Association has passed away at the age of 52. He was too young and...

AICT-IATC reflections and hopes on World Theatre Day 2022

Jeffrey Eric Jenkins issued a heartfelt, resonant statement entitled "Building Bridges in a Time of Trial" in his role as President of the International Association of Theatre Critics (AICT-IATC) for World Theatre Day 2022. The statement, posted on the IACT website on March 25,...

AICT-IATC and sections express support for Ukraine

Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, President of the International Association of Theatre Critics (AICT-IATC) and ATCA member and leader of several decades, continues to share communications from AICT-IATC and member sections on the evolving situation in Ukraine. Theater around the world brings worlds together, sometimes in horror,...

Jeffrey Eric Jenkins Elected President of the International Association of Theatre Critics

Jeffrey Eric Jenkins. Photo: Darrell Hoemann/News-Gazette. ATCA's own Jeffrey Eric Jenkins was named as President of the International Association of Theatre Critics at its 29th General Assembly on May 15, 2021 held over zoom and hosted by Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece. Dr. Jenkins is the...