Zack Mannheimer Found NYC Audiences Too Homogeneous, So He Went to Iowa
The founder of the Des Moines Social Club was looking for a way to have a greater impact on more different kinds of people. How has he fared?
Yearly Archives: 2015
Offscript: Staying Local with Francine Reynolds
This week’s guest is Francine Reynolds, artist director of New Stage Theatre in Mississippi, the only Equity theatre in the state. Plus, the editors discuss recent casting controversies at universities.
8 Playwrights Receive ‘Exit’ Grants as They Graduate From EST’s Youngblood
The grants, made possible by playwright Robert Askins, will be awarded to Lucy Gillespie, Paul Cameron Hardy, Martyna Majok, among others.
Cynthia Nixon’s Second Career
The Tony-winning actress and ‘Sex and the City’ star discusses her second directing project, ‘Steve’ at the New Group.
Quinn Bauriedel Named 2016 USA Eisenhower Fellow
The co-artistic director of Pig Iron Theatre has received a fellowship that includes travel to Spain and Russia.
Pillsbury House Theatre Announces 2016 Season
The Minneapolis theatre will present new works from Tanya Barfield, Christina M. Ham, and Michael Elyanow.
Sci-Fi Theatres Imagine Other Worlds, Often Better Ones
Three theatres who regularly stage the impossible challenge misconceptions, and battle stereotypes, about the genre.
Theatre Bay Area Announces 2015 TBA Awards Winners
A year-long, peer-based process of voting recognizes theatres and performers in the Bay Area.
A Stripped-Down, More Intimate ‘Oklahoma!’
At the Fisher Center at Bard College, director Daniel Fish reimagines Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic in the round, with no set changes and a focus on community.
Behind the Curtain: A Review of ‘Working in the Wings’
Elizabeth Osborne and Christine Woodworth compile an anthology on theatre labor and history that is ambitious yet scattered.
