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.
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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.
Finding Her Way to ‘Dry Land’
Playwright Ruby Rae Spiegel speaks with a former teacher and mentor about the gestation of her strikingly honest play about high school friendships.
What Will Steven Leigh Morris Do at LA Stage Alliance? A Critical Q&A
The longtime theatre writer for the LA Weekly and Stage Raw was already a local theatre leader; his new job just makes it official.
Shakina Nayfack Found Herself While Founding Musical Theatre Factory
The founder of the brand new development hub opens up about the company’s and her own gestation.
Cynthia Nixon’s Second Career
The Tony-winning actress and ‘Sex and the City’ star discusses her second directing project, ‘Steve’ at the New Group.
In the Uncanny Valley With Jennifer Haley
To explore the effects of technology, ‘The Nether’ playwright creates worlds that are frighteningly familiar.
What Is a Science Fiction Play Anyway?
Christina Anderson, Madeline George, and Mac Rogers discuss how they put science in their fiction, pulp in their living-room drama, and speculation in their history.
Ron Campbell Leads With His Chin
The Bay Area actor brings intensity, vitality, and control to roles big and small, comic and otherwise.
