ATC has named Puerto Rican playwright Edwin Sánchez the recipient of the 2025 National Latine Playwrights Award for his powerful new work Lottery Boy. Sanchez’s work was chosen from more than 78 entries. This marks Sánchez’s second time receiving the honor. Established in 1995, the award celebrates Latine voices in American theatre and recognizes outstanding […]
To honor their 60-plus years in the community, Scottsdale Fashion Square is once again giving back to the many nonprofit partners who have supported us through the decades. Scottsdale Fashion Square is calling upon shoppers to pay it forward through its “Shop It Forward” program. The program has been extended for shoppers to have more […]
ATC’s new leader is no stranger to directing — or to Arizona, for that matter. By Robert Encila-Celdran. Originally published by BroadwayWorld.com. Matt August recalls his first introduction to Arizona Theatre Company as a fortuitous occasion. The year was 2015, a theater season that culminated with a show he directed – the eccentric and lengthily titled three-hander, The Gospel According […]
Arizona Theatre Company is excited to announce that Dominican-American playwright, performer and theatremaker, Erlina Ortiz, has won the 2022 National Latine Playwrights Award with her dramedy La Egoista, for which she will receive $2,500 and a professional workshop. In conjunction with ATC senior artistic staff, panelists included director, playwright and Associate Artistic Director for Syracuse […]
Rachel Lynett, a playwright, producer, and teaching artist, has won Arizona Theatre Company’s 2021 National Latinx Playwrights Award for Black Mexican. Set against current questions of inclusion and representation, Lynett’s play compels audiences to also ask: Who defines identity? Lynett, the recipient of the 2021 Yale Drama Prize for the play, Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You Too August Wilson), will receive $1,000 and a workshop of Black Mexican at Arizona […]