Signature Theatre Company

Wow, we will definitely be tuning in to this conversation on 11/10 between the NYTimes Best-selling author of "Caste," Isabel Wilkerson, and Signature Playwright, Lynn Nottage (FABULATION, VERA STARK). Click the link to learn more and RSVP (for free!)

"From a small town to screenwriting: a new documentary traces the life and career trajectory of one of Texas's most prized playwrights, the late Horton Foote." Tune in alert! #sigplaywrights

Thank you to everyone who joined us for THE DEATH OF THE LAST BLACK MAN IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD AKA THE NEGRO BOOK OF THE DEAD Reunion reading! The event is still available to stream until 10/31 at 6:00pm EDT. Sit back and enjoy at your convenience, but don’t wait until it’s too late!

In this special three-part SigSpace Summit series, TWILIGHT: 2020, Anna Deavere Smith invites guests to have candid conversations about how the protests for the arrests of George Floyd’s killers and resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement echo the events around the arrest and beating of Rodney King revisited in her play, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. In this final installment, Anna Deavere Smith invites the perspectives of Dorinne Kondo, Professor of American Studies & Anthropology at USC and Susan K. Lee, Senior Advisor to the Mayor of Chicago!

Only one more hour until we present the third and final installment of Twilight: 2020! Join Resident Playwright Anna Deavere Smith in a candid conversation with Dorinne Kondo, Professor of American Studies & Anthropology at the University of Southern California, and Susan K. Lee, Senior Advisor to the Mayor of Chicago! These brilliant minds will discuss today's social justice movements, and how this year's resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement echos the events around the arrest and beating of Rodney King revisited in her play, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. RSVP: http://bit.ly/AnnaDorinneSusan

As we revisit THE DEATH OF THE LAST BLACK MAN IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD AKA THE NEGRO BOOK OF THE DEAD, a play that sheds light on the ongoing violence against Black lives, we would like to highlight a couple of our friends doing important work to advance racial justice in the arts. While this event is free to attend and stream, we ask that you consider supporting these organizations: AYE DEFY has been creating new models of partnering and producing work in the virtual space ...and with these donations will continue to develop virtual programming and offer work opportunities to artists. Donate to support this company working to advocate for equity, inclusion and empowerment in front of and behind the scenes of theatre, television and film. http://bit.ly/SupportAYEDEFY Blackboysdotheater's Artist Relief Grant is a donation campaign to help support Black artists in need of financial support due to the theatre shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. http://bit.ly/SupportBBDT