All the world’s enraged: a new era of ‘resistance theater’ is rising as Trump attacks the arts Writers and theater groups across the country are creating works in response to crackdowns on their communities

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Artists Across the U.S. Are Staging Hundreds of Events to Protest Authoritarianism

Artists, a call to action. Art as a form of resistance. falloffreedom.com #falloffreedom

Fall of Freedom: Home. Hope. Here. A neighborhood procession. | Stoop Stories The stoop is our stage, and the street is where we stand together.

www.stoopstories.com/event-detail... #fallofFreedom @stoopstories.bsky.social

Trump attacks 9 universities: Sign the alumni petition to defend your school now Are you an alum outraged by Trump's attacks on universities? Defend your school now by signing this alumni petition in support of these 9 universities as well as campus communities across America.

Are you an alum outraged by Trump's attacks on universities? Defend your school now by signing this alumni petition in support of these 9 universities as well as campus communities across America. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...

Mass starvation spreading across Gaza, aid agencies warn, as pressure on Israel grows – Middle East crisis live More than 100 aid agencies, including Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children and Oxfam, say ‘our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away’

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An Actor, a Bookseller and a Chef Walk Into a Voting Booth

An Actor, a Bookseller and a Chef Walk Into a Voting Booth www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...

Home - Deep Water Literary Festival This year’s Deep Water Literary Festival embraces metamorphosis and transformation—a theme that resonates through the history of literature and art, as through so much of human experience. For our ope...

Join me at the Deep Water Literary Fest, June 20-22, 2025 in Narrowsburg, NY. I'll be moderating a panel on adaptation featuring @lynnbrooklyn.bsky.social, Marlon James, and Lisa Kron! Get tickets here: deepwaterfestival.com

'This House' is an intergenerational opera rooted in Lynn Nottage’s family history Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage teamed with her poet daughter Runy Aiyo Gerber and veteran composer Ricky Ian Gordon to create “This House,” which makes its world premiere at Opera Theatre...

“This House” is the collaborative creation of Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage and her poet daughter Runy Aiyo Gerber and is in its world debut run at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

It's also a ghost story. “To be Black in America is to be, in a sense, living in a ghost story."

YouTube video by DonmarWarehouse Interview with Director Lynette Linton | Donmar Warehouse

"We see ourselves in these stories"

Lynette Linton, director of INTIMATE APPAREL, talks about collaborating with Lynn Nottage, her favourite things about working with actors and returning to the Donmar.

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Your first look at the company of INTIMATE APPAREL in rehearsals 🧵

Written by Lynn Nottage and directed by Lynette Linton, the cast features Nicola Hughes, Claudia Jolly, Kadiff Kirwan, Faith Omole, Alex Waldmann and Samira Wiley.

Previewing from 20 June.

📸 Helen Murray

An Intimate, Intergenerational Opera That Is Also a Family Affair

Our new opera premieres on May 31st Opera St. Louis. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/a...

Past is present in Opera Theatre world premiere This House "This House," a world premiere opera from Lynn Nottage, Ruby Aiyo Gerber, and Ricky Ian Gordon, comes to Opera Theatre of St. Louis on May 31.

This new opera from Lynn Nottage, Ruby Aiyo Gerber, and Ricky Ian Gordon premieres at Opera Theatre of St. Louis on May 31.

Congrats to these glorious playwrights.

Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

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Promises to be a robust conversation worldvoices.pen.org/event/25-cen... @penamerica elkay100 @dramatistsguild @moiseskaufman

Meet our new Artistic Associates | National Theatre Together this artistic group will work to support and shape our creative vision, providing the broadest access to high-quality theatre anywhere in the world.

Meet our new Artistic Associates 🙌

Today we welcome Miranda Cromwell, Dr Sophie Duncan and Lynn Nottage as new Artistic Associates - with Clint Dyer continuing his inspiring work with us as an Associate Artist.

Read the full announcement here 👇
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It appears that 2 things, Harvard’s strong stance resisting Trump’s demands & negative publicity toward Columbia’s potential agreement to similar demands, have resulted in the postponement of any announcement from Columbia re its capitulation to Trump. Let’s see how this goes.

Worth watching...Stories of resistance. youtu.be/lhwS06U1SnA?...

Today we're announcing the full cast for INTIMATE APPAREL by Lynn Nottage, directed by Lynette Linton.

Samira Wiley is joined by Nicola Hughes, Claudia Jolly, Kadiff Kirwan, Faith Omole and Alex Waldmann.

#Handsoff - The people have spoken.

Works & Process: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis: This House | The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation See excerpts of the new opera This House by composer Ricky Ian Gordon, with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winner Lynn Nottage and her daughter Ruby Aiyo Gerber.

Come see a peek of our new opera on Sunday...THIS HOUSE www.guggenheim.org/event/works-...

Sanaz Toossi and Lynn Nottage: The Politics of Playwriting Podcast Episode · Pulitzer on the Road · 03/31/2025 · 47m

I had the distinct pleasure of being in dialogue with the delightful and wise #sanaztoossi podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

These executive orders are cartoonishly out of touch with reality. This orders the VP to remove improper ideology” from all areas of the institution, including its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Works & Process: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis: This House | The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation See excerpts of the new opera This House by composer Ricky Ian Gordon, with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winner Lynn Nottage and her daughter Ruby Aiyo Gerber.

Excited to share this sneak peek of our new opera!! April 6th at the Guggenheim. www.guggenheim.org/event/works-...

Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.

🤮 Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...

Crossroads Theatre expands Genesis Festival in partnership with Columbia University (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The Tony Award winning Crossroads Theatre Company is expanding its acclaimed Genesis Festival of New Voices and New Plays with a new award in partnership with Columbia Universit...

Some welcome good news for our students. Crossroads Theatre expands Genesis Festival in partnership with Columbia University @columbiasoa.bsky.social www.newjerseystage.com/articles2/20...

White House Cancels $400 Million in Grants and Contracts to Columbia

A sickening attack on freedom of speech and the role of dissent in a civil society @columbiauniversity.bsky.social do not bow to pressure by turning on students and faculty! White House Cancels $400 Million in Grants and Contracts to Columbia www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n...

Mother-daughter librettist team visits St. Louis ahead of ‘This House’ world premiere Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and poet and writer Ruby Aiyo Gerber discuss co-writing the opera, “This House,” which has its world premiere on May 31 at Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

In this @stlonair.bsky.social episode: Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and her daughter, poet and writer Ruby Aiyo Gerber, talk about co-writing the opera, “This House,” which has its world premiere at Opera Theatre of St. Louis this May.

Paul Tazewell becomes the first Black man in #Oscars  history to win Best Costume Design.