Peter J. Kuo: Schooling the Field
ACT’s new director of the conservatory talks about teaching self-analysis, working within structures to dismantle them, and the possibilities of digital platforms.
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.
A ‘Capsule’ of a Tense Year, Captured on Film
Theatre artists Whitney White and Peter Mark Kendall made a show for Under the Radar that tests the bounds of their form, and of their friendship.
Teen Artists Devise a Community to Be Reckoned With
NYTW’s education program provided an artistic oasis, and a sense of belonging, for U.S. high school students hungry for change.
Rerouting the Casting Pipeline
Greater diversity onstage is only going to happen when theatre’s hidden gatekeepers are more diverse too.
Despite the Pandemic, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like ‘Christmas Carol’
Amid the constraints of social distancing, perhaps more urgently because of them, many U.S. theatres are finding ways to bring audiences an annual dose of Dickens.
Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA Settle Dispute Over Filmed Theatre
The guidelines, established to last the duration of the pandemic, were unanimously agreed upon.
Can Theatres Subscribe to Adaptability?
Some companies are experimenting with innovative ways to stay connected to their patrons, but will the lessons stick past the pandemic?
8 BIPOC Producers Unite to Fund a Different Broadway
The Industry Standard Group is putting investment muscle and production prowess behind the effort to build a more representative commercial theatre.
Sound and Fury, Emphasis on the Sound
A surround-sound experiment audio play promises to put listeners inside the story of ‘Macbeth.’
Stage Vs. Screen Becomes a Union Battleground
In the jurisdictional war between Equity and SAG-AFTRA over theatre work made for screens, actors and stage managers have the most at stake.
