Ambition Amid the Angst: The High School Theatre Program Tim Ortmann Built
By taking his young charges and their talents seriously, this extraordinary director made Niles North Theatre exemplary, both in production values and educational value.
Yearly Archives: 2022
You Couldn’t Say No to Myrna Salazar
An irresistible advocate of Latine theatre artists, the founder of the Chicago Latino Theatre Alliance paved the way for so many of us, and did it with love, grit, and grace.
Latinx Playwrights Circle Names 5 Artists in Residence
The support of Creatives Rebuild New York is making possible 2-year residencies for N.Y.-based Latine theatremakers.
The Subtext: Where Madeline Sayet Belongs
This month Brian talks to the writer/performer of ‘Where We Belong,’ inspired by her experiences as a Native person loving, studying, then questioning Shakespeare.
Conversation Starters: How Robert Egan Put Ojai Playwrights on the Map
Roughly equal parts joy and rigor have characterized his 20-year tenure as artistic director of this influential new-play incubator.
Sympathy for ‘The Devil Wears Prada’
A new Broadway-bound musical of the popular 2006 film, now in Chicago, aims to honor the original while probing its psychological complexities for a different age.
Exuberant and Wild: The Long, Evolving Ride of Sylvan Oswald’s ‘Pony’
An iconic play about trans men and butch lesbians arrives in Maine at an auspicious time, both for its writer and for trans representation onstage.
Producing Director Meredith Lynsey Schade to Leave NY’s HERE
The influential Off-Off-Broadway is now seeking a managing director.
Taibi Magar, Tyler Dobrowsky to Co-Lead Philadelphia Theatre Company
The married team will serve as co-artistic directors of the Philly company, replacing Paige Price.
Rattlestick Artistic Director Daniella Topol to Step Down for Nursing Career
She’ll leave the theatre after leading it for 7 years, in a career change inspired in part by a play she staged there, Cusi Cram’s ‘Novenas for a Lost Hospital.’
