What’s Playing on Our National Stage
Our current political moment both evokes theatrical analogies and provokes theatrical responses.
Category Archives: The Agenda꞉ From the Editor
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.
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?
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?
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?
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.
Where’s Our Share?
A healthy economy may be one pretext for renewed fundraising appeals—but then again, so could an unpredictable new tax regime.
An Issue That Goes in All Directions
This month: training for directors, IP for non-writers, the state of queer theatre, diversiyfing theatre training, and West African stages.
What’s the Buzz?
We know too well the laments about shrinking critical jobs and authority. But are we looking for the future in all the wrong places?
