Mouth Almighty: How Billie Whitelaw Helped Me Find Beckett and ‘Not I’
From mental discipline to neck strain, the Irish actress recalls what Beckett’s muse taught her about letting her mouth do all the work.
Category Archives: First Person
A Leg Up: Disability as an Advantage in ‘The Matchmaker’
The Goodman Theatre’s diversity and inclusion efforts, thankfully for me and others, include disability.
How to Learn to Forget What You’ve Learned
Each new play requires a new playwright, in a sense. So how many writers can I be?
Writing TV, Thinking Theatre—But With Less Urgency
The transition from writing for nothing to writing for a paycheck has been smooth. But is stage work now a dream, or just a daydream?
A Playwright’s Journey Through a Year of Physical Theatre Training at Dell’Arte
The writer shares her experience of spending 10 months in Blue Lake, Calif., at the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre.
Why I Almost Slapped a Fellow Theatre Patron, and What That Says About Our Theatres
How a seemingly normal night at the theatre led to an altercation with a patron over microaggressions and white privilege.
Experiencing Theatre With No Sight in ‘OjO’
Bricolage Production Company discovers that fostering inclusivity isn’t just about taking action—it’s also a state of mind.
What John Belluso Taught Me About Disability, Generosity, and Life
How a seminal friendship changed my views on disability—and prepared me for my own.
Signs of Shakespeare in ‘R+J: The Vineyard’
Chicago’s Red Theater is translating Shakespeare for its new show: They’re putting his verse into American Sign Language.
How to Write Sci-Fi for the Stage, in 7 Easy Steps
Can plays compete with mass entertainment in spinning tales of aliens, robots, and monsters? Seems to be working for some of us.
