Jeremy Tiang: Translation and Transformation
An interview with the playwright of ‘Salesman之死,’ about Arthur Miller’s collaboration with Chinese theatremakers on the premiere of his signature play in Beijing in 1983.
Category Archives: Playscript Interview
Luis Alfaro: The Joy of Not Knowing
The artistic director of the Magic Theatre talks to the playwright of ‘The Travelers,’ the playscript in our Summer print issue, about poetry, process, and possibility.
Eboni Booth on ‘Primary Trust’: Only Connect
An interview with the playwright about fast writing, big feelings, mai tais, and Munchkins.
Jocelyn Bioh: Specific and Universal
The writer of ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ talks about her process, her curiosity about characters, and her play’s heartening success.
Not Always a Punchline: Ryan J. Haddad’s ‘Dark Disabled Stories’
In his latest play, published in full in our Fall print edition, the writer/performer probes implicit ableism and the assumptions we make about people we’ll never really know.
Samuel D. Hunter: The High Tragedy Place
A conversation with the writer of ‘Greater Clements’ about political plays, the dramatic form, and Idaho.
Will Arbery’s ‘Heroes’: Pain and Love in the Backyard
A conversation with the writer of ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’ about conversativism, Catholicism, and lingering in discomfort.
Unraveling the Landscape: A Conversation With Adrienne Kennedy
The author of ‘He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box’ talks about the play’s inspiration, her extraordinary parents, and her love for literature and old movies.
‘Slave Play’: Racism Doesn’t Have a Safe Word
Jeremy O. Harris talks about the sexual politics of white supremacy, and about how he finds humor in horror (and vice versa).
‘What to Send Up When It Goes Down’: A Black Gaze
A conversation with playwright Aleshea Harris about her play, which seeks to give a theatrical shape to rage and absurdity.
