Cooling Down: How Actors Unwind After Taxing Performances
Most actors methodically warm up for emotionally draining performances. But what do they do to recoup reality?
March 2017
The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit: Lean and Mean Shakespeare
A history of the 60-year-old initiative that brings theatre directly to the people.
Playing It Forward at WAM Theatre
For the company in Lee, Mass., theatre is a philanthropic vehicle.
‘Orange’ Colors In the Spectrum
The set and projection design for Aditi Brennan Kapil’s play is meant to evoke the inner life of a girl on the autism spectrum.
This Month in Theatre History
From the arrest of San Francisco Mime Troupe members to the beginnings of the Northwest Asian American Theater, March was a noteworthy month for theatre.
Paige Evans: Writing Signature’s Future
The late playwrights’ advocate James Houghton left behind an embarrassment of riches for his successor, but she seems quite suited to the task.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From a New York City stage manager to a Washington, D.C.-based marketing director, here are some theatre workers to have on your radar.
Featured Contributors, March 2017
One helped curate our special issue on theatre and veterans; the other wrote about her experience making theatre with Syrian refugees.
This Means War
War may feel like an abstraction to many of us, but the theatre can give its realities flesh and blood.
Worst-Case Scenarios: A New Canon of Military Plays
Psychological trauma is the subject of most plays about service members. Does this represent most veterans’ reality, or does it further complicate their reentry?
