Why ACT Dropped the MFA
The legendary training program will continue its conservatory and other training programs, but its 3-year theatre degree has become a COVID casualty.
Education
Drama League DirectorFest Kicks Off With Adrienne Kennedy, Matthew Sweet
The New York festival showcases developing directors in a bill that also includes plays by Aditi Brennan Kapil, Caryl Churchill, and Aimé Césaire.
Jennifer M. Holmes: Keeping Pace With a Changing Field
As she takes the reins of the Pace School of Performing Arts, she talks mentorship, marathons, and the future of the field.
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.
Who You Are Is All You Have: Truthfulness in the Audition Process
In their new book, Nicole Hodges Persley and Monica White Ndounou offer a practical guide through the audition process for actors of the global majority.
Whither Stanislavski in a New Century? An Adler-Meisner Summit
The Neighborhood Playhouse’s Pamela Kareman and Stella Adler Studio’s Tom Oppenheim talk about the legacies of their founders and the future of acting training.
The Silent Voice of the Costume Designer
What do costumes look like, and mean, without a story? With the pandemic limiting access to actors, six Northwestern MFA costume candidates were asked by professors Ana Kuzmanic and Linda Roethke to explore this question.
Contemporary Plays, Teaching From the Page as Well as the Stage
The work of writers like Jackie Sibblies Drury, Annie Baker, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is riveting in the theatre, but the rewards of close reading shouldn’t be ignored.
