The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees have entered into an agreement to work together toward common goals. The pact sets out how the Unions will address organizing efforts, deal with jurisdictional issues and establishes new lines of communication aimed at strengthening the relationship. A joint committee will be established to oversee the efforts of the two unions, which both service movies and television productions throughout the industry.

NORTHGLENN, CO—The D.L. Parsons Theatre’s resident youth theatre company, the Northglenn Youth Theatre (NYT), has been honored with one award and three nominations from the National Youth Theatre for their work in the past year. Brityn Mykhail won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical for her work in Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida. Michael Ochoa and Danielle Jacson were nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor and Lead Actress, respectively, for their work in Aida, while Glenn G. Grassi was nominated for his set design work on Captain Bree, Scourge of the Sea.

NEW YORK-The Princess Grace Foundation has named the winners of the 2010 Princess Grace Awards for theatre, dance and choreography, and film. The awards continue the legacy of Princess Grace (Kelly) of Monaco, who anonymously helped emerging artists pursue their artistic goals during her lifetime. This year's Awards winners represent 18 states around the country and 11 organizations that are new to partnering with the Foundation. Additionally, the Foundation awarded Anna D. Shapiro with the Princess Grace Statue Award, given to artists who distinguish themselves in their artistic disciplines since receiving their initial Princess Grace Awards. The Princess Grace Statue Award includes a $25,000 unrestricted cash gift and a special Bronze Statue of Princess Grace created by Dutch artist Kees Verkade. 

Ken Golding (MD Delstar), Louise Sheffield (Marketing Manager Stage Technologies), Mark Ager (MD Stage Technologies) with the ABTT award for Best Engineering Product 2010

LONDON—At the recent ABTT Theatre Show awards, the split pulley, the newest innovation from the Stage Technologies mechanical design team, took the prize for “Best Engineering Product 2010.” The split pulley is a simple mechanism designed to make performer flying, specifically at an angle out over the audience, easier and neater than ever before. Steel wire rope is fed into the pulley as normal, but the secret is in the carefully-engineered pulley sheave. The sheave is spilt in two and an electrical signal causes the two halves to move apart on demand, enabling the rope to drop through. 

PHILADELPHIA-The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia has announced the nominations in 27 categories for the 2010 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre. The awards will be held on Monday, October 4. In its 16th year, The Barrymore Awards program is produced by the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia and is the only comprehensive awards program in the region, recognizing artistic excellence in theatre. Each year, more than 100 productions, produced by local professional theatres, are reviewed by the Barrymore voting committee. This year 184 actors, directors, and designers representing 25 companies and 40 productions became nominees for the 2010 Barrymore Awards. Since 1995, the Barrymore Awards have recognized 62 organizations, 559 productions, and 791 artists for the excellence and vitality that they have brought to Greater Philadelphia.

NEW YORK-The Lark Play Development Center has named its 2010-11 Playwrights Workshop Fellows. The Playwrights Workshop-founded and led by Lark Playwright Advisor Arthur Kopit, and co-hosted by writers like David Henry-Hwang and Lynn Nottage-bring together a community of professional playwrights to create a rigorous yet flexible environment for sharing, supporting, and discussing newly written work. Playwrights invited to this highly competitive program are nominated by the Lark's pool of playwright advisors, artistic directors at regional theatres, and members of the Lark's leadership team. Fellows participate in bi-weekly workshop sessions over a seven-month period and present new work developed through the workshop in public readings in the spring. The 2010-2011 cohort of Workshop Fellows are Neena Beber (Jump/Cut), Carla Ching (2G Artistic Director), Greg Kotis (Urinetown), Tommy Smith (P73 Fellow, Lark PONY Fellow), and Playwright-in-Residence Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife). More info about the playwrights after the jump.