This Is What We Do Now
Theatre is the practice of putting dreams into action, so why don’t we use this time to dream, not about some uncertain future, but about what we can start doing now?
Category Archives: Dispatches From Quarantine
What Would Life Be Like Without Theatre? We All Get to Find Out
Like George Bailey in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ we have the chance to glimpse the world without our work. Will we make the most of what we learn in this down time?
Teaching Theatre Now Is a Re-Education for Us All
The pandemic cut short the academic year for me and my high school theatre students, but we are finding ways to connect—and some silver linings.
Be Your Own Virgil: A Rumination for the Class of 2020
Without signposts and ceremonies to mark our lives, we have no one but ourselves to guide us to our next chapters.
On (Trying) to Create in the Age of COVID
One way we might use this anxious downtime: to imagine a theatre field that’s better and fairer than the one we’ve known.
Choosing Your Religion
In this time of listening and reflection, might we return theatre to its essentials? We can at least start sketching our way there.
‘I Made What I Could With What I Had’
The 24 Hour Plays, a theatremaking model founded on rapid creation and collaboration, is doubling down on a core strength: the relationship between writers and actors.
The Whiplash of March 12
This two-actor household lost work in two musicals on the same day, and the future looks uncertain.
We Will Gather Again, Because We Have To
Though we’re cut off for the time being from our greatest source of strength, human kindness will get us through this crisis.
Am I Writing This Play or Living It?
It’s just one set and three characters (very producible!), but the world probably doesn’t ever need to see this family dramedy.
