Shabby Chic
This year’s Humana paired old-fashioned plays with experimental ensembles.
Category Archives: Nationwide
Stories with a national scope.
The Story Is His Audience
In the trenches with William S. Yellow Robe Jr.
Opening the Golden Gate
For generations of Asian-American artists in the Bay Area, life in the theatre has meant a passionate struggle for opportunity and change.
Broadway in Black and White
Post-racial? Not on the Great White Way.
Plot? Mostly Not. No problem.
Humana’s varied menu is bolstered by new-play investigations.
The Tamiment Connection
How vacations in the Poconos shaped the American musical.
Glamming It Up With Taylor Mac
A drag performer and playwright fiercely embodies his own speculations about beauty and imperfection.
Staying Power
In Indianapolis, James Still is not just a playwright—he’s a brand.
A Mixtape About Faith
Humana playwrights pose the question: What do you believe in?
Armageddon in Boston
An artistic director recalls how an iconoclastic theatre took root in recalcitrant soil.
