People to Watch: Whitney White and Kecia Lewis
A busy director with a new play about Queen Margaret at Hudson Valley Shakes, and a Broadway veteran cooking in ‘Hell’s Kitchen.’
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Brandon J. Dirden Caps the Wilson Cycle With a ‘Gem’
As either actor or director, often at N.J.’s Two River Theater, he’s tackled all 10 plays in August Wilson’s canon, but he’s not resting on his laurels.
Who It’s All For
With our Spring issue, we’ve turned our focus away from the stage to the house to consider the audience.
New Plays, Good Food, Great Plains: A Proven Recipe
While other new-work development hubs have dried up, the Great Plains Theatre Commons continues its convivial creative tradition with local and national support.
The Right (to) Protest
The war in Gaza has put a fresh spotlight on the question of what theatres and artists should say or do in response.
Leaders in a Time of Transformation
Reflections on what’s bringing joy, and a look at where we’ll meet the next challenge.
Elinor Fuchs, Peerless Guide to Theatre’s ‘Small Planet’
A lively and perceptive watcher and thinker, she helped generations of artists and critics view theatre as a kind of space and time travel.
TCG Launches Funding Program for Trans Women of Color
The new initiative will give unrestricted funds to 5 trans women of color in the performing arts and theatre.
They Will Survive: Theatres That Are Beating the Odds
Attendance and funding may be down at many U.S. theatres, but the variety of creative responses to crisis and precarity is ever increasing.
David Schmitz Joins People’s Light as Interim Managing Director
He’ll fill the role recently left by Erica Ezold while the Pennsylvania company seeks a successor.
