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Category Archives: Features
Stormy Weather: The New York-Bound Path of ‘Hurricane Season’
A hurricane is headed toward New York City courtesy of a revenge tour (of a sort) from Atlanta’s Vernal & Sere Theatre.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
This Twin Cities-focused edition includes both homegrown theatremakers and artists who have put down Midwestern roots.
What Kept SCR’s Paula Tomei Coming Back for 4 Decades
As she prepares to leave her job as South Coast Rep’s first managing director, she reflects on the path here and the road ahead.
This Month in Theatre History
August has been a month of strikes, disagreement, recovery, the coming and going of influential festivals, and a belated Broadway triumph.
Chicago’s Physical Theater Festival: Moving in Many Senses
This essential gathering, now in its 11th year, doesn’t just regularly break the fourth wall; it also breaks down theatrical and global barriers.
5 Things Theatre Criticism Taught Me About Playwriting
Our managing editor reflects on how the skills she picked up doing arts journalism inform her approach to storytelling in another medium.
Nagle Jackson: Calm at the Center of the Storm
The versatile actor-director-playwright-translator staged work all over the U.S. and the world.
From Chicago: Beyond the Bylines
This month, Gabriela reflects on an enlightening experience at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and we hear from artists David Rhee and Eileen Doan.
Equal Accessibility for Deaf and Hearing Audiences? It’s Possible!
How a new staging of ‘Cinderella’ is bringing Deaf/hearing theatre out of the ‘shadows.’
