Are the Ticket Prices Too Damn High?
Box office isn’t the main revenue source for most nonprofit theatres, nor is pricing the biggest barrier for most patrons—but both sides of this exchange could benefit from more transparency.
Features
Better Together: How Co-Productions Spread the Love (and Risk) Around
Theatres are increasingly turning to partnerships to shoulder the costs of large productions, but that’s not the only benefit of this industry practice.
The Little Theatre That Could, and Still Does
How a 68-seat cultural gem on the Jersey shore has stood the test of time for the sake of new plays.
The Borders of Our Lives: A Bilingual Dialogue About ‘The Frontera Project’
How 2 directors on either side of the U.S./Mexico border created a traveling theatre piece that both demystifies and complicates the stories of fronterizos.
Following the Guiding Lights of Chicago Leaders
As the fall season gets under way, Chicago’s theatre scene offers plenty to be excited about, even as issues in the field continue to bubble under the surface.
Charlique Rolle: Building the Community Black Artists Deserve
As the Congo Square executive director dons a new leadership hat for the African American Arts Alliance of Chicago, she’s centering community and the needs of Chicago’s Black artists.
Directors’ Choice: A Talk With Dmitry Krymov and Anne Bogart
At La MaMa last spring, the two directors gathered to talk about actors, audiences, censorship, dislocation, and the haven of the rehearsal room.
How ‘Wild Home’ Stages, and Advances, the Fight Against Fossil Fuels
Bringing together activists, citizens, and theatremakers to dramatize extraction’s impact on local communities, this unique theatre project has created a community all its own.
Russians Beyond Compassion in Andriy Bondarenko’s ‘Ghost Land’
In a triptych of plays, now onstage in Santa Monica, Calif., the Ukrainian playwright responds with ferocity to the invasion of his country.
A Fringe Festival in a City at War
In taking a solo show to Kyiv, I joined in a statement of solidarity, common humanity, and everyday expression in the face of invasion.
