Julia Cho Returns to Playwriting With ‘Aubergine’ and ‘Office Hour’
With ‘Aubergine’ at Berkeley Rep and ‘Office Hour’ at South Coast Rep, Cho returns to playwriting after six years.
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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.
Trending Now: The Trans* Experience
Transgender characters are enjoying greater visibility than ever before, in venues such as the Public Theater and Playwrights Horizons, but what does it mean for trans* artists?
NYC Study Finds Culture Nonprofits Lag Behind City’s Diversity
A survey finds that theatre staffs are 70 percent non-Hispanic white, which is roughly the inverse of the city’s demographics.
From ‘The Walking Dead’ to ‘Eclipsed,’ Danai Gurira Is Killing It
Actor. Playwright. Activist. Zombie slayer. Is there anything she can’t do?
How Basil Twist Created ‘Sisters’ Follies’ in Just Three Months
For his latest production, a historical musical extravaganza, the acclaimed puppeteer and his team pushed Abrons Arts Center to the max.
A.D. Melissa Hillman on Impact Theatre’s Closure
After 20 years, the Bay Area new-play incubator in the basement of a pizza parlor will shut its doors, citing lack of income.
Study Finds Lower Funding for Latino and African-American Theatres
According to University of Maryland’s ‘Diversity in the Arts’ study, mainstream theatres report higher revenue and expenses than theatres of color.
‘No More Sad Things’? A Tender, If Impossible, Wish
Kilroys-recommended playwright Hansol Jung makes her official debut with ‘No More Sad Things’ at Boise Contemporary Theater and Sideshow Theatre Company.
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.
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.