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Category Archives: Features
Fresh Canon Fodder
How Oregon Shakes is using coproductions to help create a body of American history plays.
Kathleen Turner Talks About ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’
American Theatre sat down with the Hollywood leading lady to discuss performing, music and her career.
This Month In Theatre History
We take a look back at significant moments in theatre history for February.
Front and Center with Playwright Meg Miroshnik
Meg Miroshnik creates piece featuring young Russian girls after noticing a lack of females in Russian theatre.
Playwright’s Mission Trip Experience Sets Up Plot for ‘Witness Uganda’
Playwrights use their own experience to pen a play for change.
‘Hir’ Challenges Audience to Accept Change, Question Social Norms
Radical playwright takes on gender and social norms in new play.
Rebecca Gilman’s ‘Luna Gale’ Product of Broken Ankle
A chance hospital encounter leads to a new Chicago play.
Tom Coash Explores What is Below the Skin’s Surface in ‘Veils’
New play isn’t just about the head covering; it’s about so much more.
Idiosyncrasies of Language the Theme for Christina Masciotti’s ‘Adult’
Playwright draws on personal experience and relationships to develop character language.
