WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Arena Stage’s Web site today is reporting that the NEA has waived the 1-to-1 matching requirement in order to qualify for one of the New Play Development Program grants. This will help smaller theatres qualify for the grant, as matching $90,000 would have put the grant out of reach of many new and groundbreaking theatre companies. Since the Arena Stage is providing a full matching grant just by hosting the program, the NEA ruled that theatres who apply for the grant do not also need to match the funds. The Web site credits Woolly Mammoth Artistic Director Howard Shalwitz with raising the issue of the matching requirement at a panel discussion of the program this Spring at the Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, but everyone can be thankful this requirement has been waived.
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NEW YORK – Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that Bank of America has granted them $225,000 to support a new playwright commissioning program.
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NILES, IL – Shure Incorporated said recent “white spaces” plans offered by major technology companies will create overwhelming havoc for users and audiences of wireless microphones, and the company urged the Federal Communications Commission not to be “distracted” by efforts by Microsoft, Google, Motorola and others to downplay the role of continued FCC technical testing as an important input to the Commission’s policy decisions.
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 QUEENSLAND, Australia – Show Technology Australia, exclusive dealers for Robert Juliat products throughout Australia, have reported fantastic feedback following the sale of a pair of Super Korrigan followspots to the Gold Coast Arts Centre in Queensland.
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LOS ANGELES and HACKENSACK, N.J. – Bob Gordon, CEO and president of A.C.T Lighting, Inc., has announced a companywide reorganization designed to facilitate more effective management. The reorganization comes on the heels of a period of substantial growth for the company, which added an East Coast office in Hackensack, N.J., last year.
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DETROIT –Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. invites acoustical consultants and sound system engineers in the Detroit area to listen to and critique the new NEXO GEO S 1210/1230 Series compact loudspeaker array.
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 Kevin Spacey relies on training as he builds for the future.
In the massive screening room of the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, surrounded by journalists, Sony Pictures employees, celebrities and assorted hangers-on, the buzz is palpable, built up by the red carpet, blinding lights and swanky cocktail party leading up to this world premiere of 21, the latest film from Kevin Spacey’s Trigger Street Productions. The director and star fill the stage, but it’s Spacey who commands our attention, good-naturedly ribbing his director for talking too much, giving props to his production partner for finding the author on whose book the film is based, and basically charming the pants off everyone in the room.
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 Dobama doesn’t shy away from raising the issues.
When Dobama was founded, the theatre scene in Cleveland consisted primarily of the Cleveland Playhouse and a smattering of community theatres. Nearly 50 years later, theatre is booming in Cleveland, but Dobama remains one of the few theatres dedicated to producing new and challenging work by contemporary playwrights. Dobama is also committed to developing young artists, through such programs as the Marilyn Bianchi Kids’ Playwriting Festival. We talked with Dobama’s Artistic Director Joyce Casey about their history, mission and penchant for tackling difficult topics.
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 Five plays explore how basic differences can lead to conflict.
This month’s roundup of recently published plays centers on five that explore conflict within and between cultures.
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 How two bold theatres are trying to reinvent the A.D. wheel
The history and evolution of theatre can be traced back more than 2,500 years, yet the role of artistic director doesn’t seem to have changed much since the days of Aeschylus.
In general, the A.D. has a range of responsibilities that may include choosing the theatre’s production slate, hiring creative/production personnel, directing productions, serving as a resource for the theatre’s other directors, speaking to the media and, in many cases, raising funds to support the theatre. In short, the artistic director is more often than not the primary face, voice and creative conscience with which the theatre is associated.
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