A Tale of Two Festes
2 trans actors discuss what they’ve found in the role of ‘Twelfth Night’s sad clown, in productions at St. Louis Shakespeare Festival and the Old Globe.
Category Archives: People
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From board liaisons and theatre administrators to performers and activists, these 6 folks have brought their talent to Chicago’s stages.
Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, Christopher Moses Named Co-ADs of Alliance Theatre
The theatre’s current interim leaders will now form a partnership—an alliance, if you will—to jointly run Atlanta’s flagship theatre.
Barbara Gaines: Finding Her Own Dream Time
After 37 years at the helm of Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Gaines has found the right time to step away from the company she founded.
The Fine and Freshly Urgent Art of Telling Queer Histories Onstage
Travis Russ and Melissa Moschitto talk about the delicate, revealing work of recovering stories of queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming folks from the last century and before.
They’ve Got the Look: 2 Designers, 7 Broadway Shows
Emilio Sosa and J. Jared Janas compare notes on the costumes, hair, wigs, and makeup they crafted for a wide array of periods and teams this season.
No Sondheim Is Alone: 3 Directors on His First Posthumous Revivals
Lear deBessonet, Maria Friedman, and Tommy Kail compare notes on staging ‘Into the Woods,’ ‘Sweeney Todd,’ and ‘Merrily We Roll Along.’
Justin Huertas, Theatrical Superhero
The disarming myth-making musical ‘Lizard Boy,’ about to make its NYC debut, is just one of the trails being blazed by this Seattle-based auteur.
Will Davis at Rattlestick: An Artistic Homecoming
What would take a busy freelance director off the road? The chance to gather and serve communities—especially those who’ve been under-served.
Moisés Kaufman Plays With Form
Both with his Tectonic collaborators and on his own, the playwright-director has always explored the architecture of theatre and its potential social impact.
