2020 TCG Gala Celebrates Legacies and Potential
Songs from ‘Soft Power,’ ‘A Strange Loop,’ and a Prince deep cut highlighted a celebration of the National Black Theatre Festival and David Henry Hwang.
Stories by Jerald Raymond Pierce
Jerald Raymond Pierce is the associate editor of American Theatre. He studied acting at Ohio University and received his M.A. in arts journalism from Syracuse University. A member of the American Theatre Critics Association, he is also a freelance reviewer for the Chicago Tribune. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @TheJRPierce.
Crucial Connections: Theatre Facts 2018
The latest edition of TCG’s annual industry report finds theatres focusing on relationships.
Lighting Designer: Allen Lee Hughes
The prolific artist has created around 400 designs in a career spanning five decades—and counting.
Hearing the Difference
Sound design isn’t one-size-fits-all, and distinctions within the discipline are crucial.
Aural Learning
Whether you learn at school or on the job, success as a sound design doesn’t follow an easy track.
We’re Going to Need a Bigger Table
A new wave of Black playwrights has upended the myth of the singular genius, even as tokenism and constraining expectations persist.
Chuck Smith, Charles Smith, and a South Side Friendship
Their partnership has brought Chicago some great theatre, once folks got past confusing their names.
Lighting Designer: Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Curiosity, hard work, and a taste for experimentation mark her work in lighting, projection, and puppetry.
Take the Hell Out of Hell Week
Tech will always be hard work, but it doesn’t have to be inhuman.
A Casting Controversy Tangled Up in ‘Blood Knot’
American Players Theatre’s production of Athol Fugard’s play about mixed-race brothers has raised thorny questions about representation.
