Catherine Filloux’s New Play Honors Victim of Civil Rights Movement
Catherine Filloux’s “Selma ’65,” set to run at La MaMa E.T.C., is about Viola Liuzzo and Tommy Rowe, both of whom were deeply involved in the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama.
Category Archives: Nationwide
Stories with a national scope.
‘Native Son’ Takes Over Chicago
Both the University of Chicago’s Court Theatre and the American Blues Theater have taken an interest in play adaptions of Richard Wright’s “Native Son.”
Jordan Harrison Embraces Technology in ‘Marjorie Prime’
Jordan Harrison’s “Marjorie Prime,” about artificial intelligence among other things, runs at Center Theatre Group’s Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.
Antarctica Comes to Minneapolis in ‘Lake Untersee’
Playwright Joe Waechter’s new play about a troubled teenager and the icy continent of Antarctica, opens at Illusion Theatre in Minneapolis.
This Month in Theatre History
We take a look back at the major historical moments in theatre in September.
On the Peculiar Nature of Theatre
The “Apple Family” playwright reflects on theatre’s true calling and purpose—and how, in trying to help it survive, we may have strayed from its essence.
Lear deBessonet: Seeker of Hard-Won Joy
The versatile and busy director talks about her devotion to both art and activism, and how she’s fused the two with Public Works.
20 Questions With Sandra Oh
American Theatre sat down with Sandra Oh to talk about her work on “Death and the Maiden” at Victory Gardens Theater.
Lauren Gunderson’s ‘I and You’ Sings a Song of Whitman, With a Twist
A play about teens bonding over ‘Leaves of Grass’ weaves together Jerry Lee Lewis, Coltrane, and some spooky poetic serendipities.
Seattle’s TeenTix Draws Teens Into Theatre
In Seattle, TeenTix has worked out a simple and efficient strategy to turn teens into active patrons of the arts.
