People to Watch: Larissa FastHorse
The Los Angeles playwright discusses nonprofit farces, community-engaged theatre, and the magic of theatre.
Category Archives: Features
Offscript: A Shot of ‘Eureka Day’ and a Visit to Seattle
This episode features a chat on the stage of Manhattan Theatre Club with playwright Jonathan Spector, and a check-in with Seattle Times arts writer Gemma Wilson.
The Fires This Time
L.A.’s wildfire catastrophe can be measured in acres and dollars, but for theatre folks, rebuilding will be about more than buildings.
No Magic Bullet for the Bottom Line
Theatre audiences and their preferences are changing—are theatres ready to change with them? A Wallace study looks at evolving strategies.
Support Your Local Native Theatre Artists
How new-work development and proactive hiring can solve the problem of near-zero Native representation on U.S. stages.
Meet Audiences Where They Are
The challenge of declining attendance also presents an opportunity for theatres to diversify and expand their reach and impact.
Leading From the Middle
Stationed at the center of the production process, stage managers are uniquely positioned to educate, facilitate, and reset expectations.
Company Care as a Business Model
While finding ways to survive in a system hostile to artmaking, we can also make liberatory practices part of our organizational culture.
Richard Foreman Meant It
A colleague remembers the playwright/director/auteur/founder of NYC’s Ontological-Hysteric Theatre, who died on Jan. 4 at the age of 87.
Maya Choldin Named Managing Director of New York Theatre Workshop
An arts administrator whose résumé spans Philly’s experimental ensemble Pig Iron and Canada’s mainstream Theatre Calgary, she’ll succeed Jeremy Blocker at the Off-Broadway powerhouse.
