Detroit Repertory Theatre: Keeping It in the Neighborhood
Serving a community of color without identifying as a theatre of color has led this 65-year-old theatre to build bridges, while struggling with fundraising.
Category Archives: Features
Dream While You Read: A Map for Venturing Beyond Theatrical Realism
Two theatremakers explore both the need for and the possibility of a truly diverse aesthetics of the theatre.
If Internships Go Away, What’s Next for the Next Generation?
As theatres scrap training programs that have often been more exploitive than educational in favor of paid positions, entry-level work may grow both scarcer and more equitably accessible.
The Baker’s Wife: More Than Just a Moment in ‘Into the Woods’
The 3 women who’ve played this pivotal Sondheim/Lapine role on Broadway talk about who she is, what she learns, and oh—by the way, does she have a name?
Culture Shift: How EST Is Becoming the Change They Want to See
The staff, board, and artists at New York’s Ensemble Studio Theatre share the good, bad, and ugly of what it is taking to transform their institution.
Robert Barry Fleming’s Sense of Scale
Actors Theatre of Louisville’s artistic director sets the record straight about the status of the Humana Festival and the company’s ongoing efforts to match ambition with capacity.
Wake Up, Theatres: Do You Think They’ll Stop With Book Bans?
The forces attacking the human rights and free expression of the most marginalized among us know exactly what they’re doing, but we have a way to fight back: the stage.
Why So Much Rain on Beanie’s Parade?
Fair criticism is one thing, but the vitriol directed at the ‘Funny Girl’ star, or at anyone who dared to celebrate her historic casting, felt personal.
Lorraine Hansberry Is Going on Tour
The recent unveiling of Alison Saar’s sculpture ‘To Sit A While’ kicked off a national tour to raise awareness of this great American writer and the many who follow in the path she paved.
Digging Deep With Native Theatre Icon Muriel Miguel
Over nearly 5 decades, the co-founder of Spiderwoman Theater has harnessed great if under-acknowledged power, and has felt an accordingly great sense of responsibility.
