Seeing Theatre’s Future in Warsaw
At the Generation After Festival in September, Polish theatres gave a fresh demonstration of the vitality, relevancy, and pliability of the live arts.
Category Archives: Features
Theatre as Refuge and Resistance in a Time of War
For MENA-identifying theatres in the U.S., the current Israel-Hamas war makes the work of lifting Palestinian and Arab voices all the more urgent.
Changes Come Fast, Change Comes Slow
How a cohort of artistic directors of color, recently hired at major U.S. theatres, have confronted unforeseen upheavals.
Translating Jon Fosse Isn’t Just About the Words
How an American director became a translator, as well as a sort of U.S. ambassador, for the Norwegian writer who is this year’s Nobel Prize winner.
Hudson Valley Shakes Unveils Ambitious Green Design for Permanent Home
The Studio Gang-designed campus for the open-air, slated to break ground in 2024, will meet LEED Platinum standards.
Adventuring Through Chicago’s Holiday Offerings
As we enter the holiday season, we celebrate taking risks on potentially life-changing works.
Arts Are the Prescription We Need, Now More Than Ever
We don’t just get aesthetic or intellectual benefits from the expressive and performing arts—they can also be literally healing.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
This L.A.-focused roundup includes a writer-director, a patron services manager, a scenic painter, an actor who’s also a marketing director, and more.
Not Always a Punchline: Ryan J. Haddad’s ‘Dark Disabled Stories’
In his latest play, published in full in our Fall print edition, the writer/performer probes implicit ableism and the assumptions we make about people we’ll never really know.
Adrianna Desier Durantt’s Growing Curiosity
With a wealth of experience in arts administration and branding, Durantt joins her neighborhood theatre ready to help its next stage of growth.
