This Year’s Gender & Period Count: The Best Numbers Yet
The momentum behind gender parity in the American theatre seems unmistakable, with 30 percent of all plays and 40 percent of new ones written by women.
Category Archives: Editor’s Note
Design Credit Where It’s Due
We happily publish photos showcasing the work of theatre designers. Is it too much for them to ask for some acknowledgement?
What Shines Through
To tell the story of theatrical lighting design, we need to get beyond adjectives and surfaces.
Who Will Critique the Critics?
The New York Times’ new 25-best-plays list shows there are plenty of great plays to argue about. Where are the arguers?
TCG and AT’s Next Steps: A Response to the Open Letter
We’ve heard the field’s concerns and are now working to determine the capacities we’d need to expand our coverage.
Who Do We Think We Are?
America’s self-definition as a nation of immigrants is under threat, as are immigrants themselves. How are U.S. stages and artists dramatizing this moment?
The Chicken Salad Incident
America may call itself a nation of immigrants, but our stories are still scarce on U.S. stages. Let’s change that.
A Note to the Field
Can American Theatre magazine take a new approach to covering abuse and injustice in the theatre?
We Start by Acknowledging the Land
Our nation’s Native history is all around us, if we would only pay attention. One place to look: at a rising generation of Native theatremakers.
Places We Never Dreamed We’d Go
What do we owe to this quarter-century-old American classic? More life.
