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Jeffrey Eric Jenkins
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Advocate, author, professor, essayist, US Army veteran, NGO president
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AICT/IATC is bound for Craiova, Romania, in May 2026! The Paris-based NGO, which is dedicated to building bridges between cultures, promoting artistic engagement and advocating for free expression will celebrate its 70th anniversary during the International Shakespeare Festival.
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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What is the price of success? Or should we call it “cost“? Now playing at the Station Theatre in Urbana.
News-Gazette review of “Fade” by Tanya Saracho at the Station Theatre in Urbana, Illinois, with photo of actors.
October 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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THREE writers on this piece and this . . .
That has raised questions about the 18-term lawmaker’s future in that office and has led to calls for her to step aside and make way for a new generation of leaders. The race to replace her has began in earnest, with two members of the D.C. Council, including a former Norton aide, announcing campaigns for the 2026 contest.
October 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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October 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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The International Association of Theater Critics affirms its advocacy for free artistic, journalistic, and scholarly expression around the globe. Never surrender our freedoms.
International Association of Theatre Critics www.aict-iatc.org Statement from the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC) October 1, 2025 As the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC) approaches its 70th anniversary in 2026, we mark this milestone with both pride and grave concern. Founded in the wake of World War II, at a time when the world longed for healing through dialogue, culture, and mutual understanding, the IATC has steadfastly championed the value of theatre as a humanizing force in times of both peace and crisis. Today, we stand at a precarious crossroads. Around the globe, authoritarianism is resurgent. Political discord, armed conflict, and the erosion of democratic institutions have created an atmosphere of fear, disinformation, and censorship. The suffering of colleagues and citizens in Ukraine, Georgia, Serbia, and the Middle East, together with the erosion of democratic norms worldwide and the escalating polarization and threats to freedom of expression in the United States, reveals not discrete challenges but a profound global crisis imperiling the foundations of civil society. In this age of turmoil, theatre—an artform rooted in dialogue, reflection, and community—plays an even more critical role. Yet governments are retreating from their historic commitments to support the performing arts. Budget reductions, the dismantling of cultural ministries, and politicized funding decisions have left countless artists without resources or security. Public funding for the arts, already fragile in many countries, is vanishing just as it is most urgently needed. These pressures are not only financial but existential. Theater artists and critics increasingly face repression, marginalization, imprisonment, and exile. Cultural workers in conflict zones or countries ruled by repressive regimes face harassment and worse, simply for defending artists' freedom of expression and the critical spirit specific to theater. The global theatre com… In 2026 and beyond, the IATC pledges to continue amplifying the voices of theatre artists and critics working under duress. We will forge deeper alliances across borders, support freedom of expression, and advocate for equitable and sustained public investment in the arts. Theatre is not a luxury—it is a lifeline to our shared humanity. Let us act accordingly. Issued on behalf of the Executive Committee,
October 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Foot traffic is in no way a reflection of revenue flows, which are deeply troubled in the current economy.
Text of statement regarding increased foot traffic in NYC, which is purported to be back at pre-Covid levels and even higher.
August 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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I was just thinking of this last night
August 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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The latest from The Station Theatre takes us back and makes us wonder about what might be coming. My piece in The News-Gazette. @theatrecritics.bsky.social
Image of theater review in The News-Gazette. The production is “Somewhere“ at the Station Theatre in Urbana, Illinois.
August 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Thank you to University of Illinois System Board Chair Jesse Ruiz and System President Tim Killeen for their kind words after my remarks to the Board of Trustees, “Looking Back, Movíng Forward,” on July 17 in Chicago.
Jeffrey Eric Jenkins honored by University of Illinois System Board Chair Jesse Ruiz Jeffrey Eric Jenkins honored by University of Illinois System Board Chair Jesse Ruiz and System President Tim Killeen. Jeffrey Eric Jenkins honored by University of Illinois System Board Chair Jesse Ruiz and System President Tim Killeen. Jeffrey Eric Jenkins speaking to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois System.
July 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Here's the guy who shot a reporter standing with her back turned. Make him famous for a coward.
June 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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You KNOW she’s thinking: “I can do better than THIS idiot!” Photograph: Samuel Corum/EPA for the Guardian
April 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Just a reminder. You were warned . . .
April 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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“In the Shadow of Authoritarianism: Theatre as Resistance”
Jeffrey Eric Jenkins (USA)
President, International Association of Theatre Critics (AICT/IATC)

THRIVE THEATRE THRIVE!
KEEP THE FLAME ALIVE
European Theatre Convention
April 4, 2025
IATC President Jenkins speaking at the European Theatre Convention, April 4, 2025. National Theatre of Greece in Athens. Photo credit: Apostolis Koutsianikoulis
April 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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The stock market gives lemmings a bad name . . .
April 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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March 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Also:
March 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Happy World Theatre Day 2025!
March 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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This country was built on the backs of enslaved and impoverished people. Settlers CUT the trees, they didn’t PLANT them. There were vast old-growth forests across what is now Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and elsewhere in the Midwest. Many “modern immigrants” come to PICK the fruit for substandard wages.
March 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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"Embracing the Power of 'Trans-' in Theatre": Opening the International Association of Theatre Critics conference in Bangkok via live video feed on March 13. @theatrecritics.bsky.social
International Association of Theatre Critics conference attendees in Bangkok listen to opening remarks from President Jeffrey Eric Jenkins via live video feed.
March 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Obama and Dick Cheney both LOVED Hamilton. What’s not to love for the R’s?
March 8, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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The problem: Dems do not stick together. And they care more about their own jobs than principles.
March 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Paper tiger.
March 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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But, hey, there’s nothing to worry about, so . . .
February 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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How can anyone be surprised?
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February 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM