Mac Wellman: An Outlier Tracing His Own Orbit
How this dedicated follower of no fashion and avatar of alternatives to the well-made play keeps it weird.
Category Archives: Interviews
From Behind Bars to the Bard: An Ex-Convict Takes the Mainstage
Dameion Brown takes the title role in Marin Shakespeare Company’s production of ‘Othello.’
Leslye Headland Likes to Keep It Messy
The playwright discusses her newest play ‘The Layover’ and why her characters are usually flawed, unhappy people.
Second City and Slate Improv the News With ‘Unelectable You’
A comedy troupe and an online magazine team for an up-to-the-minute political revue.
Alexandra Petri’s Political Fan Fiction
The Washington Post columnist and playwright discusses her influences, the election, and the Welders.
Annie Golden Is on a Mission in ‘Broadway Bounty Hunter’
The actor’s life inspired Joe Iconis, Lance Rubin, and Jason Williams’s new musical, which is running at Barrington Stage Company.
John Leguizamo Wants You to Brush Up on Your Latin History
The writer and performer is back onstage with ‘Latin History for Morons.’
A Few Things About My Mother: Sarah Ruhl Interviews Kathleen Ruhl
The playwright talks with her mom, an actor, about what it was like to have the play ‘For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday’ written for her.
Kimberly Senior Is Just Getting Started
The director, who receives the Alan Schneider Director Award at #TCG16, talks about her self-starting career and artistic restlessness.
The Ground Constanza Romero Stands On
August Wilson’s widow is poised for new generations to reimagine the American Century Cycle.
