Late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson’s “Jitney” is next up at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, running from Aug. 6-18. “August Wilson is the reason I am in the [theater] business,” director Ken-Matt Martin said.
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Summertime shift: Interim artistic director Ken-Matt Martin speaks about The Rep’s upcoming season
On Tuesday, The Rep will stage “Pride and Prejudice,” its first major production since the 2022-2023 season ended with “Clyde’s” in June 2023. The Jane Austen adaptation runs from June 18-30 and signals the arrival of a new, shorter show schedule that will take place in the summer months.
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Parkview High School is staying put, LRSD superintendent says, despite district’s troubles
A plan to transplant Parkview’s programs and students to an as-yet-to-be-built campus out west is no longer on the table. But the path forward for the Little Rock School District is not clear.
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‘Footloose,’ Jane Austen and work from MacDowell Fellow James Anthony Tyler at The Rep in 2024
The Rep’s upcoming season is made up of five wildly different plays, set up for nearly back-to-back runs in the summer of 2024. You’ve got “Footloose,” tried-and-true musical “Hello, Dolly!” and Jane Austen’s “Pride & Prejudice,” plus work by Little Rock local playwright Joseph Scott Ford and MacDowell Fellow James Anthony Tyler.
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The Rep announces new staff, shift in production for 2024 season
The Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock announced on Wednesday various staffing changes and a cut to its yearly show schedule, which will begin with the 2024 season. With the shift, a number of existing staff will be laid off in favor of seasonal and part-time jobs.