Living the Dream
By Joseph Eastburn
Rooted in L.A. and committed to commedia, Tim Robbins’s Actors’ Gang has become a global force
Improv’s Long Game
By Matthew Love
More than an acting exercise or a comedy gimmick, improv has grown into the legit theatrical genre some of its pioneers always envisioned
ALSO: Jason Rohrer praises L.A.’s Impro Theatre, and Sir Patrick Stewart lauds the Improvised Shakespeare Company
PLAYSCRIPT
The complete text of Hir, Taylor Mac’s gender-bending comedic drama (print edition only); plus, a conversation between Mac and fellow playwright/performer Lisa Kron
DEPARMENTS:
Letters
From the Executive Director
Together and Apart
TCG on the Web
News
Director Joanna Settle’s Unsettling Year; Georgia Shakespeare’s Closure; The ‘Children’ of 13P
Entrances & Exits: Martha Lavey and David Hawkanson’s Steppenwolf Succession
Awards & Prizes
Almanac
In Memoriam: Geoffrey Holder by Andre De Shields
Front & Center
Gilbert & Sullivan rep at the Hypocrites
Feast of My Heart at Salvage Vanguard Theatre
A holiday triptych at Paul Mesner Puppets
The Best Brothers at Ensemble Theatre
Famous Puppet Death Scenes at Woolly Mammoth
A Bloody Mary Christmas at Space 55
Production Notebook
Vox Lumiere’s The Phantom of the Opera
People
Jeremy D. Goodwin profiles inventive composer Gabriel Kahane
Currents
Brad Hathaway figures out the method behind the Reduced Shakespeare Company’s madness
Isaac Butler uncovers a pair of conspiracy-theory plays
On the Scene
Erin Keane prowls Louisville’s indie theatre scene
Strategies
The Writer’s Army bands together to work alone
Global Spotlight
Eliza Bent responds to work by Castellucci and Soleimanpour
20 Questions
for Hal Landon Jr.
