Gunderson, 'Hamilton' creator earn Dramatists Guild awards
Decatur-born, San Francisco-based playwright Lauren Gunderson joins “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda as winner of a 2016 Dramatists Guild award.
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Starry, starry nights await with Theatrical Outfit's luminous 'Silent Sky'
Silent Sky, the true story of American astronomer Henrietta Leavitt (1868-1921), plays out against a landscape of fierce sisterly love, early feminism, universe-revealing science and a time when human beings were called …
Read MoreOne-Minute Play Fest returns June 8-9!
The 50-plus Atlanta and Georgia playwrights contributing to the third annual festival is a who’s who of writers to watch: Johnny Drago, Topher Payne, Margaret Baldwin, Suehyla El-Attar, Theroun D’arcy Patterson, Karla Jennings, Marki Shalloe, Steve Yockey, Lee Nowell, Phillip DePoy, Vynnie Meli, Jon Ludwig, Paris Crayton III, Matt Myers, Gabriel Jason Dean, Jacob York and many more.
Read MoreAtlanta playwright Payne wins national award
Atlanta’s Topher Payne has won the 2014 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award from the American Theatre Critics Association, which recognizes an emerging national playwright.
Read MoreSuzi awards honor 7 Stages founders
7 Stages founders Del Hamilton and Faye Allen will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at tonight’s Suzi Bass Awards ceremony, saluting the best of professional theater in metro Atlanta.
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WAR OF WORDS
Write Club Atlanta viceroy Nicholas Tecosky: “The idea is to expose writers to a larger audience who wouldn’t go to a formal reading, but will come to a fast-paced, fun event with an open bar.”
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