Eboni Booth on ‘Primary Trust’: Only Connect
An interview with the playwright about fast writing, big feelings, mai tais, and Munchkins.
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Millennial Approaches
Youth discount tickets aren’t just about filling houses now but about creating lifelong theatregoers and donors.
Amber Ruffin, Happy to Live in the World of ‘The Wiz’
The busy writer was brought on to preserve the essence of the iconic show, while pruning dated language (and adding fresh jokes).
Timothy Rogers Named Charleston Stage Managing Director
Rogers succeeds former managing director Frank Mack.
Chris Durang Was My Willy Wonka
A sweet, sane soul who wrote hilarious, deranged, profoundly human plays, he showed us all how to dance on the funny/serious tightrope.
Henrik & Heidi & Anton & Amy
Why and how Amy Herzog and Heidi Schreck took time from writing their own plays to adapt ‘An Enemy of the People’ and ‘Uncle Vanya,’ respectively, for Broadway.
‘The Last Yiddish Speaker’: Who They’ll Come for First
Deborah Zoe Laufer’s new play, now kicking off its rolling world premiere at Philadelphia’s InterAct Theatre, imagines an eerily plausible fascist future.
A Safe Room for Bold Plays
The 3 writers in Second Stage’s Judith Champion Reading Series—Sarah Mantell, D.A. Mindell, and Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin—reflect on their plays and their process.
Pittsburgh Public, American Theatre to Partner for Criticism Fellowship
Applications for the new program, designed to mentor early-career and aspiring critics in the region, are now open through July 15.
Releasing the Potential Energy of ‘The Light Chasers’
In Know Theatre’s new show, Cloud Cult’s 2010 concept album becomes an interstellar family drama set somewhere between Ohio and Proxima Centauri.
