ASL and Theatre: Here’s What Not To Do
A Deaf educator who receives numerous emails from theatre teachers and directors gives advice on best practices for incorporating Deaf actors and ASL.
Category Archives: Opinion
Derek DelGaudio’s Biggest Trick: To Claim He’s Not Doing Magic
The creator of ‘In & Of Itself’ and new memoir, ‘Amoralman,’ has made a career of artful deception in the pursuit of a kind of theatrical truth.
Responsible Stewardship: Grappling With an Artist’s Legacy
Composer Michael Friedman’s sister, and the executor of his estate, reflects on her role in preserving her brother’s work in an evolving field.
Can ‘The King and I’ Be Decolonized?
It’s long past time to rethink the beloved musical’s whitewash of Anna Leonowens, a mixed-race woman whose books lied about more than just her background.
Day After Day, Racism Killed George Floyd
The artistic director of the Twin Cities’ Penumbra reflects on an outrageous paradox: that Black vulnerability could exculpate white violence.
Does Your Arts Organization Deserve to Come Back?
If you haven’t committed to dismantling racism and ending harassment, don’t rush to reopen your doors.
Invisibility and Objectification Can Kill: American Theatre’s Anti-Asian Problem
The racist stereotypes and erasure perpetuated on white-dominated U.S. stages have real-world consequences outside the theatre.
The Road Less Chosen and the Pathway Unknown
How our theatre got through a trying and bewildering year, and is poised to move forward this year and beyond.
‘Disclaimer’ Turns the Spotlight on Its Audience
Can a culturally appropriative murder mystery in the guise of a cooking class prevent war with Iran? Piehole’s interactive new Zoom play aims to find out.
A Country in Between: Remembering My Iraqi American Father
Rooted as much in Michigan as Mosul, he lived to see both of his homes turn to sectarian violence and division.
