Playwright: Douglas Lyons
Lyons is out to change the theatre canon, and serving ‘Chicken & Biscuits’ on Broadway is just the one step along the way.
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Choreographer: Ricardo Aponte
When the pandemic cut short a crazy-busy schedule, Aponte used the time to fulfill a dream of giving back to his community.
Production Manager: Miguel Flores
With a focus on experimental opera, Miguel Flores’s career has him looking forward toward a more human-centric way of working.
Actor: Jomar Tagatac
He’s grateful to be back in front of audiences, and also hopeful that a year-plus of down time has shown the field the true value of artists’ work.
Costume and Set Designer: Silvia de Marta
When the pandemic hit her career on both sides of the Atlantic, she got the unique chance to help develop productions in gestation.
Designer: Bridgette Dennett
Teaching design remotely had some upsides, she learned, but she’s eager to get her hands back on her craft and its tools.
Ed Herendeen at CATF: ‘Not a One-Person Operation’
The founder of Contemporary American Theater Festival looks back on 31 years of producing new plays in rep.
3Views Reboots Its Critical Mission With 3 New Editors
Brittani Samuel, Jose Solís, and Sarah Rose Leonard will lead the site, originally founded by Sarah Ruhl and Julia Jordan, aimed at diversifying the critical discourse.
Christopher Lloyd and Lear, Closer Than Ever
Tackling the iconic role at 82, the stage and screen actor resonates with the aging monarch’s struggle to maintain control.
Madeleine Oldham: Building Up from the Ground Floor
The director of Berkeley Rep’s new-works development program reflects on the way the theatre has changed, and still needs to change.
