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2020

07/08/20: THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: VIRAL MONOLOGUES PARTNERS WITH ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY FOR ALL-NEW EDITION

06/22/20: ARIZONA NATIVE CHANEL BRAGG NAMED ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY

05/27/20: ATC’S HANG & FOCUS PODCAST FEATURES CONVERSATIONS WITH PRODUCERS, PLAYWRIGHTS AND PERFORMERS “FINDING INSPIRATION IN QUARANTINE

05/13/20: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY PARTNERING WITH FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE IN ITS NEWLY LAUNCHED “PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT”

05/11/20: ATC ONLINE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK INCLUDES LIVE READING OF SEAN DANIELS’ “THE WHITE CHIP”

05/01/20: OFF-BROADWAY CAST OF “THE WHITE CHIP”, SEAN DANIELS’ CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PLAY ABOUT HIS UNUSUAL PATH TO SOBRIETY, WILL DO A LIVE ONLINE READING AS A BENEFIT

04/27/20: ATC ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OPENS SERIES OF FACEBOOK LIVE BROADCASTS WITH LUCKY YATES, VERONIKA DUERR, BRIAN LOWDERMILK, MARY WOLL

04/13/20: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY DEVELOPING NEW CREATIVE ONLINE CONTENT TO STAY CONNECTED NOW AND AFTER PANDEMIC

04/06/20: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY OFFERS “THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE” FOR ONLINE STREAMING

03/18/20: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY POSTPONES “WOMEN IN JEOPARDY!” TO 2020/2021 SEASON; “THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE” TO 2021/2022

03/13/20: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY WILL PUT TUCSON RUN OF THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE ON HIATUS AFTER OPENING NIGHT

02/06/20: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY CHARGES INTO 54TH SEASON WITH 6 MAIN STAGE PRODUCTIONS, ADDITIONAL CO-PRODUCTIONS, 9 INNOVATIVE LOCAL, NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND NEW-WORK DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

2019

12/23/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS ATHOL FUGARD’S SHATTERINGLY HONEST MASTERPIECE, “MASTER HAROLD” … AND THE BOYS

12/23/19: ATCteen PRESENTS FIRST-EVER SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTION, HAMLET, JAN. 31-FEB. 2 WITH ALL-STUDENT CAST AND PRODUCTION TEAM

12/17/19: AFTER 4 SUCCESSFUL SEASONS OF GROWTH, MANAGING DIRECTOR BILLY RUSSO TO STEP DOWN IN JUNE GERI WRIGHT NAMED MANAGING DIRECTOR DESIGNEE; WILL START JANUARY 6

11/05/19: ACCLAIMED ACTOR DAVID PAYNE STARS IN “AN EVENING WITH C.S. LEWIS” FEB. 21-23 AT TEMPLE OF MUSIC & ART; TICKETS ON SALE NOW

11/05/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY NEW WORKS PROGRAM FEATURES PUBLIC READING OF how to make an AMERICAN SON, NOV. 18

11/05/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY DEDICATES 2019-20 SEASON TO MEMORY OF SOUND DESIGNER BRIAN JEROME PETERSON

10/30/19: WILLKOMMEN! ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS MUSICAL THEATRE MASTERPIECE “CABARET”

10/16/19: LAUREN GUNDERSON’S CELEBRATION OF DISCOVERY, ORIGINALITY AND CURIOSITY, SILENT SKY, COMES TO ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY STAGES

10/07/19: SUBMISSIONS FOR 2020 NATIONAL LATINX PLAYWRITING AWARD DUE NOV. 1

08/30/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S ATC TEEN PROGRAM IS UNDERWAY

08/30/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY LAUNCHES ATC TEEN PROGRAM IN PHOENIX

08/15/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY OPENS 2019/2020 SEASON WITH MARCO RAMIREZ’ “ORIGINAL AND GRACEFUL” THE ROYALE

08/07/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY ADDS MANAGEMENT, PRODUCTION STAFF

07/26/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY LAUNCHES FREE NEW WORKS PROGRAM WITH PLAYS BY STEVEN DRUKMAN, STEVE YOCKEY AND CHRISTOPHER OSCAR PEÑA

07/24/19: SINGLE TICKETS FOR ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCTIONS THE ROYALE AND SILENT SKY GO ON SALE AUG. 5

07/23/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S STUDENT-DRIVEN SUMMER ON STATE PRODUCTIONS ARE ON STAGE THIS WEEK

06/06/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY SCHEDULES GENERAL AUDITIONS IN TUCSON FOR 2019/2020 SEASON ON MONDAY, JULY 15

05/22/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S PLAY ABOUT HIS UNUSUAL PATH TO SOBRIETY WILL OPEN OFF-BROADWAY, OCT. 4

04/26/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S PRODUCTION OF “AMERICAN MARIACHI” IN TUCSON WAS BEST-SELLING PLAY IN COMPANY’S HISTORY

04/09/19: Arizona Opera and Arizona Theatre Company Collaborate on Shared Office Space

03/18/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY COMPLETES 2019/20 SEASON SCHEDULE WITH THE ROYALE AND WOMEN IN JEOPARDY!

03/06/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY NAMES SEAN DANIELS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

02/25/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS BIG-HEARTED, VIBRANT NEW COMEDY, “AMERICAN MARIACHI”

02/16/19: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES LINEUP FOR 2019/2020 SEASON UNDER THE THEME, “THE CURTAIN RISES”

01/15/19: “WITH LOVE, MARILYN™,” A ONE-WOMAN TRIBUTE PERFORMANCE OF AN AMERICAN ICON AT THE TEMPLE OF MUSIC AND ART, February 14 – 17, 2019

2018

12/28/18: 245 ACTS OF UNSPEAKABLE EVIL BY PAULA ZELAYA CERVANTES AND ANA GONZÁLEZ BELLO WINS ATC’S 2018 NATIONAL LATINO PLAYWRITING AWARD

11/27/18: Boletos individuales para la obra American Mariachi, presentada por Arizona Theatre Company, se venderán a partir del 3 de diciembre 2018

10/23/18: ERMA BOMBECK’S KIDS ADD THEIR THOUGHTS TO ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCTION OF ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT’S END

10/17/18: ATC’S PARTNERSHIP WITH CHAPEL HAVEN WEST EMPOWERS ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND SOCIAL DISABILITIES TO LIVE INDEPENDENT LIVES

10/05/18: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS “ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT’S END,” BRINGING HER LIFE-INSPIRED HUMOR TO LIFE IN 1-WOMAN SHOW

09/24/18: SINGLE TICKETS FOR ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCTIONS OF “THE MUSIC MAN,” “TWO TRAINS RUNNING” GO ON SALE OCT. 1

09/20/18: DAVID IVERS NAMED ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT SOUTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE; POSITION IS A “DREAM COME TRUE” FOR THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NATIVE

08/29/18: ACCLAIMED CHEF, RESTAURATEUR JANOS WILDER WILL PAIR UNIQUE DINING EXPERIENCES WITH ARIZONA THEATRE PRODUCTIONS

08/27/18: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S ARIZONA ARTIST INITIATIVE WILL SPOTLIGHT THE STATE’S DIVERSE CULTURAL TALENT, IMPACT AND LASTING IMPRINT

07/18/18: SINGLE TICKETS FOR ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S 2018/2019 SEASON GO ON SALE TUESDAY, AUG. 7

06/12/18: Classic Films return to the Temple of Music and Art

04/27/18: STONEWALL FOUNDATION COMMITS $200K MATCHING GRANT TO SUPPORT ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S NEW ARTISTIC VISION, STORIED LEGACY

04/26/18: REGISTRATION OPEN FOR ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S SUMMER ON STAGE / SUMMER BACKSTAGE PROGRAMS

04/10/18: DAVID IRA GOLDSTEIN RETURNS TO ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY TO DIRECT 2017/2018 SEASON FINALE, “THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK”

03/19/18: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY TO HOLD GENERAL SEASON AUDITIONS FOR EQUITY AND NON-EQUITY ACTORS IN ARIZONA

02/26/18: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS SIZZLING MUSICAL REVUE OF PASSION, SOUL AND LOVE CELEBRATING BAWDIER SIDE OF THE BLUES WITH ‘LOW DOWN DIRTY BLUES’

02/13/18: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S 2018/2019 SEASON REFLECTS INFLUENCE, IMPACT OF FIRST DAVID IVERS-SHAPED LINEUP

02/07/18: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY PARTNERS WITH THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP FOR VETERAN’S PLAYWRITING PROJECT

01/03/18: ATC Presents Tony Award-nominee Outside Mullingar, Directed by David Ivers, ATC’s Artistic Director Press Release

2017

12/05/17: MICHELLE DAWSON JOINS ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY CAST OF ‘MAN OF LA MANCHA’ AS ALDONZA

11/21/17: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY REIMAGINES THE BELOVED “MAN OF LA MANCHA”

10/23/17: SUBMISSIONS FOR ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S 2018 NATIONAL LATINO PLAYWRITING AWARD NOW BEING ACCEPTED

10/14/17: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY, POP-UP TUCSON CHEF RILEY CHANDLER AND DON GUERRA FROM BARRIO BREAD BRING “BARRIO SANDWICHES” TO ARIZONA PREMIERE OF “THE RIVER BRIDE”

10/06/17: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S 2013 NATIONAL LATINO PLAYWRITING AWARD WINNER “THE RIVER BRIDE” COMES TO LIFE IN ARIZONA PREMIERE

08/24/17: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY FALL 2017 GALA TO HONOR GEORGY AWARD RECIPIENTS DINO DECONCINI, STANLEY FELDMAN, AND CAROL DUVAL WHITEMAN

08/24/17: OSCAR NOMINEE MARSHA MASON RETURNS TO ATC TO DIRECT 2017/18 SEASON-OPENING PERFORMANCE OF “CHAPTER TWO”

07/28/17: SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE AUGUST 1 FOR ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S FIRST TWO SHOWS: ‘CHAPTER TWO,’ ‘THE RIVER BRIDE’

06/07/17: CHARISE CASTRO SMITH’S ‘EL HURACÁN’ TAKES TOP PRIZE IN ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S 2017 NATIONAL LATINO PLAYWRITING AWARD

05/25/17: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY BOARD NAMES BILLY RUSSO MANAGING DIRECTOR TO COMPLETE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM

05/15/17: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY NAMES DAVID IVERS AS NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

05/05/17: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY PLANS SUMMER OF CLASSIC FILMS AT TEMPLE OF MUSIC AND ART

04/24/17: REGISTRATION OPEN FOR ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S SUMMER ON STAGE / SUMMER BACKSTAGE PROGRAMS

04/17/17: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY TO HOLD GENERAL SEASON AUDITIONS FOR EQUITY AND NON-EQUITY ACTORS IN ARIZONA

04/13/17: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES 2017/2018 SEASON

04/06/17: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS WORLD PREMIERE OF JEFFREY HATCHER’S “HOLMES AND WATSON”

02/21/17: AFTER RECORD-BREAKING RUN OF “FIDDLER ON THE ROOF,” ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY WILL PRODUCE SIZZLING NEW LOOK AT “MAN OF LA MANCHA” NEXT SEASON

02/13/17: “ALBATROSS”: A SPELLBINDING PERFORMANCE OF A RIVETING SAGA PRESENTED BY ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY AT THE HERBERGER THEATER, MARCH 16-26

01/05/17: RUBÉN C. GONZÁLEZ’S POWERFUL “LA ESQUINITA, USA” TELLS THE STORIES OF A ONCE-BOOMING AMERICAN BORDER TOWN, NOW FORGOTTEN

2016

12/21/16: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY, CHEF MICHAEL POWELL JOIN TOGETHER TO BRING INSPIRED FOOD AND COOKING TO TEMPLE OF MUSIC AND ART

11/21/16: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY KEEPS THE TRADITION ALIVE WITH BELOVED MUSICAL ‘FIDDLER ON THE ROOF’

10/04/16: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY ADDS RUBEN C. GONZALEZ’S WIDELY ACCLAIMED “LA ESQUINITA, USA” TO 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

10/03/16: GOD COMES TO ARIZONA AS BROADWAY & “TRADING SPACES” STAR PAIGE DAVIS TAKES ON HEAVENLY ROLE IN SINFULLY FUNNY NEW COMEDY, “AN ACT OF GOD”

09/01/16: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY OPENS 50TH SEASON WITH AWARD-WINNING, PROVOCATIVE BROADWAY HIT “KING CHARLES III”

08/10/16: ALFIE NORVILLE TO BE HONORED POSTHUMOUSLY WITH 2016 GEORGY AWARD AT ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY GALA, OCT. 1

07/18/16: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY TO LAUNCH 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON AFTER SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING EFFORT

07/12/16: PLEDGES TO SAVE ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY NEARING HALF-MILLION DOLLARS

07/08/16: NEARLY 360 DONORS FROM TUCSON AND PHOENIX HAVE PLEDGED $220,000 TO ATC FUNDRAISING EFFORT

06/30/16: TUCSON BUSINESS LEADER MIKE KASSER GUARANTEES $1 MILLION TOWARD ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY FUNDRAISING GOAL IF AN EQUAL AMOUNT CAN BE RAISED

06/27/16: MEMORANDUM TO ATC’S PATRONS

06/27/16: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY EFFORT TO RAISE $2 MILLION BY FRIDAY TO PRODUCE 2016/17 SEASON HITS CRITICAL POINT

06/20/16: TUCSON – SINGLE TICKETS FOR ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON GO ON SALE BEGINNING JULY 25

06/20/16: PHOENIX – SINGLE TICKETS FOR ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON GO ON SALE BEGINNING JULY 25

05/09/16: KASSER FAMILY PUSHES CHALLENGE GRANT TO $700,000 FOR ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY; DONATION DEADLINE IS JUNE 30

04/20/16: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS “THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: DISCORD,” MAY 5-29

04/20/16: REGISTRATION OPEN FOR ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S SUMMER ON STAGE / SUMMER BACKSTAGE PROGRAMS

04/20/16: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY TO HOLD GENERAL SEASON AUDITIONS FOR EQUITY AND NON-EQUITY ACTORS IN ARIZONA

03/23/16: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY UNWRAPS A VERY SPECIAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

03/09/16: KASSER FAMILY OFFERS $500,000 CHALLENGE GRANT TO ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY TO BUILD UPON 2015 ARTISTIC AND FINANCIAL MOMENTUM

02/25/16: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS JOHN STEINBECK’S STIRRING CLASSIC “OF MICE AND MEN,” MARCH 5-26

01/20/16: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY, STRAY CAT THEATRE PRESENT “SEX WITH STRANGERS,” A NEW COMEDY ABOUT LOVE IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

01/06/16: AUGUST WILSON’S STUNNING “FENCES” IS AS TIMELY AS IT IS POWERFUL, JAN. 16 – FEB. 6

2015

12/08/15: SPEND A SPECIAL NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY: PRE-SHOW CHAMPAGNE AND CHOCOLATE, STEPHEN SCHWARTZ’S LATEST MUSICAL AND DINNER PACKAGES

12/08/15: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY MAKES NAUGHTY AND NICE WITH HOLIDAY SHOWS STARRING KATIE MCFADZEN, RON MAY

10/29/15: PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING “DISGRACED” BLISTERS RACIAL AND IDENTITY PREJUDICES IN ATC’S REGIONAL PREMIERE OF FIERY BROADWAY HIT

09/11/15: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY MAKES NAUGHTY AND NICE WITH HOLIDAY SHOWS STARRING KATIE MCFADZEN, RON MAY

09/11/15: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY, STRAY CAT THEATRE TO PRESENT “SEX WITH STRANGERS,” A NEW COMEDY ABOUT LOVE IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

08/21/15: HERSHEY FELDER: STORYTELLER, MUSICIAN, PERFORMER BRINGS IRVING BERLIN TO VIBRANT LIFE TO OPEN ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY SEASON

08/21/15: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY RETAINS NATIONAL SEARCH FIRM FOR NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM

08/21/15: COMMUNITY SUPPORT LIFTS ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY PAST MATCH FOR $600,000 CHALLENGE GRANT FROM ANONYMOUS DONOR

08/21/15: PHOENIX: SINGLE TICKETS FOR ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S 49th SEASON GO ON SALE JUNE 15

08/21/15: TUCSON: SINGLE TICKETS FOR ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S 49th SEASON GO ON SALE JUNE 15

08/21/15: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY TO PRESENT STRAY CAT THEATRE’S PRODUCTION OF SEX WITH STRANGERS AS ADDED 7 2015-16 SEASON

08/21/15: ANONYMOUS DONOR TO MATCH GIFTS TO ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR UP TO $500,000 THROUGH JUNE 30

08/21/15: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S 2015-16 SEASON SPOTLIGHTS 4 ARIZONA PREMIERES, 2 PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS AND A GREAT AMERICAN CLASSIC