Why Can’t Theatres Be More Like Public Parks?
A U.K. director argues that theatres can reclaim the center of civic life only if they lower barriers to entry and embrace their communitarian role.
Category Archives: Opinion
Hope Is a Trail of Breadcrumbs
A leading maker of plays for young people thinks of good storytelling as an alert, wakeful, but necessarily uncertain journey through the unknown.
Touch the Wound, But Don’t Live There
Why we need resilience services as much as we need fight choreography.
Where Art Matters: In Praise of the American Regional Theatre
An Irish director hails the ensemble ethic and sharp focus of U.S. resident theatres, which compare favorably to any he’s worked with around the world.
Lunch With 2 Conjurers: A Dream Meeting About Our Nightmares
When Mac Rogers and I met our playwriting hero, Wallace Shawn, we were honored—and confronted anew with his devastating plays.
How U.S. States Could Fund Repertory Resident Theatres
Though much talk has surrounded possible federal funding, let’s imagine a world based in repertory theatre and funding from the state level.
12 Days in May: A Hermitage Diary
My time at this storied Florida retreat was both relaxing and productive—and I was ready for the bugs this time.
Play for Play, Can Theatre Learn From the NFL?
The pandemic forced a conversation about filmed performance and audience access. Let’s not drop the ball.
Thing Theory: A Taxonomy of Objects
In anatomizing the categories of things he’s collected over the decades, a playwright explores and suggests their dramaturgical possibilities.
Tales From the Palace: The Dark Side of the Theatre Fairy Tale
After 25 years in the regional theatre, I’m done with the silence about the classism, sexism, and abuse I’ve experienced.
