How #FairWageOnstage Made Change Off-Broadway
A grassroots movement pressed its union to negotiate historic increases—and proved that activism works.
Stories by Diep Tran
Diep Tran is a former senior editor of American Theatre. She received her degree in arts journalism at Syracuse University. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Time Out New York, Backstage, Salon, and TDF Stages. Tran read Sarah Kane’s Blasted when she was 20, and that hooked her onto theatre. Follow her on Twitter at @diepthought or visit her website at www.dieptran.com.
How Theatre Work Adds Up
5 theatre freelancers (and 1 administrator) open their checkbooks to explain the financial choices they make to survive.
‘Miss You Like Hell’: An American Tragedy
Quiara Alegría Hudes changed her mother/daughter drama into a musical. Then the world changed even more.
Transgender Characters, in Their Own Words
Both ‘Trans Scripts’ and ‘Orange Julius’ let trans people tell their own stories, though only one credits a trans playwright.
Emma Rice Works Both Extremes: Playful, Also Truthful
The British director, who’s bringing her new Kneehigh show ‘946’ to Berkeley Rep, tells us why gender parity shouldn’t be so hard to achieve.
American Theatre Artists: Don’t Throw Away Your Shot
Speaking up to bigotry and coming together in the face of uncertainty are two natural roles for the theatre.
No Latinx Theatre Company, No Problem. Make Your Own!
When Cleveland Public Theatre noticed there were no Latinx theatres in town, they helped create Teatro Publico.
A Trip Across a More Diverse America in ‘Miss You Like Hell’
In adapting an old mother/daughter drama into a musical, Quiara Alegría Hudes added not only songs but new layers and context.
CAATA 2016: Art and Activism, Pushing Beyond Exhaustion
At its 5th conference and festival, the Asian-American theatre alliance shared enthusiasm for new work and new strategies, as well as its critiques of persistent inequities.
‘After Orlando,’ Playwrights Step Into the Breach
The Pulse massacre in June raised many troubling issues, and a new batch of short plays, to be read at theatres nationwide, set out to dramatize them.