Jennifer Bielstein on Her Actors Theatre Legacy and What’s Next at the Guthrie
The managing director of the Louisville theatre talks about what she’s learned and where she’s going in Minneapolis.
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Mark Rylance Chisels at His Midwestern Roots in ‘Nice Fish’
One of the world’s great Shakespearean actors reconnects with his youth on a frozen ice lake in his new play.
Thaddeus Phillips: Shape-Shifter on a Liquid Stage
The protean auteur makes a kind of puppet theatre in which his own intense, mercurial presence is the central object being manipulated.
I Need You, I Hate You: Rainn Wilson Plays With the Audience in ‘Thom Pain’
The ‘Office’ star has wanted to tackle Will Eno’s breakthrough monologue for a decade, and Geffen Playhouse had an open slot. Is he ready to get shouted at?
7 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From a daring director to a tag team of designers, from San Francisco to Atlanta, this month’s cohort of theatre people are making their mark.
Sandra Tsing Loh Stages a Midlife Crisis in ‘The Madwoman in the Volvo’
She may have hoped to write a comfy play about the vagaries of menopause and after, but, in her art as in her life, she couldn’t take the easy way.
Dominique Morisseau Is Telling the Story of Her People
The playwright wants to be a griot for her hometown of Detroit and beyond.
Blanka Zizka Is Remaking the Wilma From Within
In seeking to transform the Wilma Theater into a company with its own aesthetic code, its artistic director is rediscovering her own passions as well.
Dael Orlandersmith Is a Poet of Life’s Complexity
Whether telling her own story or others’, the playwright/performer brings her full presence and the truth of her imagination to the jam.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From flash mobs to Excel spreadsheets, from velvet pipes to meticulous props, this month’s stage folks make it happen.
