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Lover of ghost lights, movies, stories of creative lives, magic of live performance, storytelling in song.

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Letters From Max (a ritual)

[full review published in Time Out New York February 27, 2023.] From 2012 through 2016, playwright Sarah Ruhl exchanged letters with her student Max Ritvo, which she published in 2018 […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on 4 weeks ago

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Women Count VI on Hiring Trends Off Broadway Released in May 2022

[as posted in the Counting Together initiative website “spotlight” section January 27, 2023.] The Women Count report series, authored by Martha Wade Steketee with Judith Binus, released its sixth report […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on 2 months ago

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2022: excavation review

2022 was a continued return to viewing on line and in person theater, collaborating on theater, counting theater productions, and coalition-building on behalf of theater. The exhaustive (and exhausting) list […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on 3 months ago

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Perspectives in Criticism from Helen Shaw, our monster in the audience

[Interview by Martha Wade Steketee at the 2022 ATCA New York City conference on November 11, 2022. Originally published published on the ATCA website December 30, 2022.] New York, December […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on 3 months ago

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58th Annual Henry Hewes Design Awards streamed October 24, 2022

The 58th Henry Hewes Design Award Honors were announced September 28, 2022 and celebrated during a live-streamed awards ceremony October 24, 2022, hosted by committee chair and ATCA member Jeffrey […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on October 25, 2022

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Dan Sullivan | ATCA emeritus and founding member, mentor, teacher

Dan Sullivan, gentle mentor, director of the O’Neill Center National Critics Institute for many years, and co-founder of the American Theatre Critics Association, passed away Tuesday of natural causes at […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on October 7, 2022

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ATCANY2022 | Registration is open and New York City awaits

Registration is open for members and their guests for ATCANY2022 Reseated and In Person, ATCA’s first annual conference to be hosted in New York City since we began meeting at the O’Neill Center starting […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on October 6, 2022

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ATCANY2022 | New York annual meeting sites and programs being finalized

After many months of planning, ATCA will gather in New York City Friday November 11 — Sunday November 13, with a full weekend of programming and events that include access to […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on September 15, 2022

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ATCANY2022 | ATCA “Reseated and In Person” to be historic New York annual meeting

ATCA will hold its annual meeting Reseated and In Person in New York City November 11-13, 2022. This will be the first time that ATCA members have convened in the same physical space […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on September 5, 2022

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Clyde’s, Company, SIX lead 2022 Drama Desk Awards announced June 8, 2022

June 8, 2022 — 66th Annual Drama Desk Awards winners were announced today. The full list of nominees and winners are available here. The nominating committee’s special awards were announced […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on June 8, 2022

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Women Count VI: Women and Non-Binary Hires Off-Broadway 2019/20 and 2021/22

[Selection from May 2022 report, published May 22, 2022 on the Women Count report series page.] I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: WOMEN COUNT VI, 2019/20 AND 2021/22 The Women Count project collects and publishes analyses […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on May 22, 2022

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2022 Drama Desk nominations chaired by ATCA member honor the rich return of New York theater

May 16, 2022 — Nominations for the 66th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today, and the full list of nominees and announced special awards are available here. In keeping with the […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on May 16, 2022

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Pam Harbaugh | Theater critic and “Casserole” playwright

[Interview by Martha Wade Steketee published as part of an occasional series of “member news” by the American Theatre Critics Association February 24, 2022.] Pam Harbaugh, long-term ATCA member, critic, and arts […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on February 28, 2022

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Hear the Power of Sound Design: Women making (sound) waves

[Full article published in Dramatics on line February 11, 2022. By Martha Wade Steketee.] Victoria Deiorio describes sound design as either prescriptive or creative, depending on the director. “You’re either told […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on February 23, 2022

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Richard Christiansen | Critic first gentleman of America’s second city

[Feature by Martha Wade Steketee posted at American Theatre Critics Association January 21, 2022.] Richard Christiansen, critic and champion of the Chicago theater that Michael Billington called “alive, energetic, endlessly stimulating” […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on February 1, 2022

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Terry Teachout | Critic, playwright, musician, and theater lover

[Feature by Martha Wade Steketee posted at American Theatre Critics Association January 14, 2022.] Terry Teachout, a drama critic and cultural columnist at the Wall Street Journal two decades, died […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on January 17, 2022

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