Theatrical Mustang: Danny Marin Creates Conversation
This month Woodzick talks to performer and producer Danny Marin about telling stories with nuance and advocating for a better industry.
Stories by K. Woodzick
Theatrical Mustang: Seayoung Yim Fights Fatphobia
This month Woodzick talks to writer and educator Seayoung Yim about self-love, care-filled casting, and America’s recent obsession with Korean culture.
A Tale of Two Festes
2 trans actors discuss what they’ve found in the role of ‘Twelfth Night’s sad clown, in productions at St. Louis Shakespeare Festival and the Old Globe.
Theatrical Mustang: Sav Souza’s Unbridled and Harnessed Creativity
This month Woodzick talks to the queer and trans performer about reviving ‘1776,’ developing a non-binary rom-com musical, and honoring their trans experience onstage.
Theatrical Mustang: Amber Scales on Activism and Acting
This month Woodzick talks to the Southern storyteller and social impact strategist about the clear parallels between making theatre and making a difference.
Theatrical Mustang: Will Wilhelm Lives Out Loud
This month Woodzick talks with Chicago theatremaker Will Wilhelm about taking up more space as a trans non-binary artist, centering gender-imaginative stories in the canon, and finding resilience through the work.
It’s Well Past Time for an All-Neurodivergent Staging of ‘Curious Incident’
A look behind the scenes of a new, more accessible student production of the popular play centering an autistic character.
Theatrical Mustang: For Taylor Adams, All Theatre Is Drag
The Omaha-based director talks about theatre’s collective brain, doing queer art on Catholic campuses, and how to break through the gender binary in casting.
Theatrical Mustang: How a.k. payne Holds Space
This month Woodzick talks with the writer of ‘Amani’ about Black futures, expansive visions of gender, and how an archivist can be an activist.
Why the Fight Over Drag Is a Struggle for Us All
Proposed drag bans aren’t really about drag but about transphobia and homophobia. And they aren’t just threatening marginalized people and their livelihoods—they’re also attacking an art and a form of free expression.
