The Courage to Produce: A Conversation on High School Censorship
A dialogue on how students, teachers, and parents can push back against a wave of conservative legislation and intimidation that threatens to chill theatrical expression.
Approaches to Theatre Training
Critical Steps: Under Covered
Even with arts journalism jobs in decline, emerging theatre critics keep training and finding new outlets for their voices.
The Path: How 6 Actors Learned Their Craft
From conservatories to MFAs to youth ensembles, the best training to reflect human behavior onstage can take as many forms as life itself.
The Pipeline: All Set to Succeed
The diversification of theatre design starts—but doesn’t end—with training.
Passing the Torch (Without Getting Burned)
In our Winter issue, we look at training that doesn’t simply instruct young artists in the ways of the world but aims to empower them to change it.
Tomorrow’s Tamoras and Titanias: How to Heal the High School Space
High school theatre programs have often been sites of harm, particularly for femme and non-binary kids of color, but some are paving a better path forward.
The HBCU Edge
Alumni, faculty, and students from historically Black colleges and universities weigh in on how their training prepared them to take centerstage.
Back to School After a Year of Hard Lessons
Students and faculty reflect on returning to in-person education in acting, playwriting, tech, and more at some of the nation’s college theatre programs.
As Ever, Theatre’s Teen Council Programs Point the Way Forward
As theatres begin to emerge from pandemic restrictions, many are recommitting to programs designed to engage their youngest stakeholders.
The Most Dangerous Phrase
The case against the ‘standard’ dialect, and for more inclusive and practical speech training, is an important part of the larger struggle against elitism, classism, and white supremacy in the theatre.
