SEASON ANNOUNCEMENTS

Theatre Exile in Philadelphia.

The Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank

The Studio Theatre in DC

WHO'S IN AND WHO'S OUT

BroadwayWorld.com shared Northlight Theatre's announcement  that they are welcoming their first ever Artistic Fellowship, Mikael Burke. For more info about Mikael Burke and the theatre go to NorthlightTheatre.org.

American Theatre Magazine online shares that Marissa Wolf has been named as the new artistic director of Portland Center Stage at The Armory in Portland, OR. To read more about Marissa Wolf go to the theatre's website pcs.org or the article on AmericanTheatre.org.

ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS

American Theatre Magazine's series, Know A Theatre - Boise Contemporary Theater of Boise, ID.

Deadline.com interviews actor James Hong, one of the founders of East West Players in LA.

Theatre Philadelphia Announces 2018 Barrymore Award Nominees

SOMETHING I LOVE AND HAD TO SHARE WITH YOU...

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Thanks for listening. I hope you'll join me next Thursday and every Thursday for more Treading the Boards' Regional Theatre News.

In this week's program the Season Announcements include the summer theatre Hope Summer Repertory Theatre in Holland, MI, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in NYC, Skylight Music Theatre in Milwaukee WI, Sierra Repertory Theatre in Sonora, CA.

In our segment Who's In and Who's Out finally after a few weeks of no changes three people are moving into new positions. Stephanie Ybarra will helm Center Stage in Baltimore, Classical Theatre of Harlem will welcome Carl Cofield as associate artistic director and up in Alaska at Perseverance Theatre, Joshua Midgett joins the team as the managing director.

Next up will be Articles and Interviews I want to share with you. TDF.org has an interview with Austin Pendleton "Meet the Hardest Working Man in New York Theatre." Broadwayworld.com has a piece about Actors' Equity's new BAT agreement.

Then I have an update to last week's Something I Had To Share With You courtesy of my pal, Jo Twiss.

In this week's program I get to share with you what I did last weekend and sneak peak, it has to do with Shakespeare x 2.

In the news, three theaters announced their 2018-2019 seasons, Centenary Stage Co. in NJ, Riverside Theatre in Iowa City and Second Stage Theatre in NYC.

No comings and goings in Who's In and Who's Out again this week.

In the segment Articles & Interviews, TheatreMania has the announcement that Christian Borle will be directing this fall in NYC. American Theatre Magazine online has a great article about the trials & victories for costume designers working on outdoor shakespeare productions. Finally, an interview with Dina Janis, the artistic director of the summer theatre, Dorset Theatre Festival on TheIntervalNY.com.

My very special segment Something I Had To Share With You is all about Playbill.com's list of 17 regional theatres every theatre lover (and theatre artist) should know.

Welcome to my very first podcast. 

Treading the Boards is a book I've published for 20 years. It gives information for over 400 regional equity theatres around the US so theatre artists can get work. Between publication dates, a weekly email goes out with news, articles, interviews and sometimes Something I Had To Share With You because I'm so excited about it. The reason for the email is to keep you, the theatre artist, well-informed. It seemed like a natural transition to creating this podcast which supplements the email and the book.

In this first episode, I'll give you some back story about how I got here but first the news.

In Season Announcements, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati in Ohio, MetroStage in Virginia, The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse with the Atlanta Shakespeare Company based in Georgia and PICT Classic Theatre in Pittsburgh all announce their 2018-2019 seasons.

The next segment is Who's In and Who's Out which will focus on Artistic & Executive leaders coming in & going out. No movers & shakers this week though.

Next up is Articles & Interviews which are things I've read or listened to that I think they are relevant and interesting. There's a Q&A with Laura Leffler, AD of Umbrella Collective & associate AD for Park Square Theatre, on MinnesotaPlaylist.com. Playbill.com's Stage Directions Interview with director Darko Tresnjak and on PBS.org Christiane Amanpour interviews Sir Ian McKellen.