This Month in Theatre History
March set the stage for political upheavals and peaceful exchanges between nations, a new dance company, a Chicana playwright, and the first female manager of a major U.S. theatre.
Category Archives: Features
Christina Anderson Wades Into the History of Swimming Pool Segregation
In ‘the ripple, the wave that carried me home,’ next playing at Kansas City Rep and Yale Rep, this busy playwright pens another piece inspired by history.
Combing: A Recollection of Working With Adrian Hall
Somehow the late, great director could work on my play—and give it exactly what it needed—even while occupied with countless other thoughts and projects.
‘200 Years’ That Brought American and Liberian Artists Together
To mark the bicentennial of Liberia’s founding by formerly enslaved and free Black Americans, a troupe from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation joined with Liberians to make theatre about it.
Eugene Lee’s Sets Brought Artists and Audiences Together
The designer’s friend, colleague, and mentee recalls him as a tirelessly busy, no-fuss genius who cherished real materials and was always ready with a brilliant drawing or model.
Film Noir as a Key to Adrienne Kennedy’s Style
The director of the world premiere of ‘Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side’ shares what unlocked this haunting play for him and the creative team.
The Rising Tide of ‘An Ocean in My Bones’
Earlier this month, Terrence Spivey’s play about the last slave ship, Clotilda, had its premiere in the Alabama community its survivors built.
Barter Theatre’s Plan to Create a Black Appalachian Canon
How one historically white theatre company in Virginia has invested in reaching new audiences, and fostering writers, of color.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From an animatronics professor in North Carolina to a music director in Massachusetts, this installment features six theatre workers shaping arts education.
Ryan J. Haddad, Star of His Own Life
His latest autobiographical comedy at the Public, ‘Dark Disabled Stories,’ is being designed with access in mind, even as it gets down and dirty about the ways society views and treats disabled people.
