Recent TLA News
Member Spotlight: Mint Theater
The Mint Theater is a repertory company located in New York City. Originally founded in 1992 as an actor training company, the Mint shifted its focus three years later to staging historical dramas when Jonathan Bank became its executive director. Over the past twenty years, the Mint Theater has presented forty-four so-called “neglected” plays. It […]
TLA Member Profile: Don Wilmeth
Don Wilmeth: TLA member for over 50 years Your authorship and editor history make you a leading figure in the theatre research field. When reviewing current research, what do you look for in new publications or new authors? Are there writing styles or particular topics that have become more popular in recent years? I have […]
All the Rage in Paris: Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, 1909-1929
Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas February 18 – June 21, 2015 All the Rage in Paris focuses on Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, the company that brought theatre—and theatre design—to the center of artistic life in Europe from 1909 to 1929. Conceived as a showcase for Russian art and artists, […]
Meet our New Book Review Editor — Welcome Emily Witkowski!
I am pleased to introduce Emily Witkowski as the new TLA Book Review Editor. Many thanks to Charlotte Cubbage for her fine work as editor. Charlotte will help with the transition which should be completed by early summer. The Book Review Editor works with the review writers to produce approximately 4-6 reviews which will be published […]
The Samuel French Archive Takes Center Stage
Theatres are curious places, magician’s trick-boxes where the golden memories of dramatic triumphs linger like nostalgic ghosts, and where the unexplainable, the fantastic, the tragic, the comic and the absurd are routine occurrences on and off the stage. ― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly Like any good theatrical production, the Samuel French Company […]
New: TLA Book Club
I am interested in starting a TLA Book Club focusing on titles from our Freedley and Wall Award winners and our current book reviews. The list of past Freedley and Wall winners is an outstanding catalog of works all worth revisiting or discovering fresh. Our TLA Book Reviews provide the current must-have titles on the […]
President’s Report
President’s Report for Spring 2015 The TLA Board met in New York City on February 20, 2015. We had a productive meeting and successfully connected with our members on the west coast using good old fashioned technology – the telephone. It was my pleasure to welcome our new members Tanisha Jones and Joseph Talley and to welcome […]
2015 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards
The TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards will be presented tonight, May 1, 6:30pm at the Hudson Theatre in New York City. Congratulations to Jess Goldstein, Douglas W. Schmidt, Brian Hemesath, and Gino Bifulco – T.O. Dey Shoes. There will be a Memorial Tribute to Raoul Pène Du Bois. Additional information can be found here. Image Description: Racks […]
Distinguished Service Award — Call for Nominations
Louis Rachow Distinguished Service in Performing Arts Librarianship Award Call for Nominations A CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE The Theatre Library Association wants to celebrate the excellence of our profession by selecting an individual who embodies its best qualities. Please take a moment from your busy schedule to identify that person. Your Distinguished Service nominee should be […]
Harry Ransom Center Announces New Curator of Theater and Performing Arts
TLA’s very own Eric Colleary (Webmaster and Co-Chair of the Website Editorial Committee) has been appointed Cline Curator of Theater and Performing Arts at the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Colleary will oversee access and interpretation of the Ransom Center’s theater and performing arts collections, including […]