Believers Vs. Believers in Lucas Hnath’s ‘The Christians’
A new play about a doctrinal controversy at one megachurch cracks open conversations about difficult emotions.
Category Archives: South Central
Stories from the South, in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins: Feel That Thought
His plays—‘Appropriate,’ ‘An Octoroon,’ ‘Neighbors,’ ‘Gloria,’ ‘War’—are high-wire performances in themselves.
Lucas Hnath’s Plays of Frustration, Agitation Strike Chord with Contemporary Audiences
The kind of tension his plays provide may be just what contemporary audiences are looking for.
At Home in the Heartland
Broke-ology playwright Nathan Louis Jackson comes home to Kansas City
Stop the Presses: Louisiana Artists Respond to Natural Disasters
When disaster strikes Louisiana, its artists step up to the plate with savvy and ingenuity.
Chattanooga Theatre on the Verge
The door to professionalism has cracked open. Will the Tennessee city’s artists and audiences step through?
Did You See What I Saw?
Excursions into the human psyche were de rigueur at this year’s Humana.
The 2013 Humana Playwrights Share Their Experiences at the New American Play Festival
Excursions into the human psyche were de rigueur at this year’s Humana.
‘Smash/Hit!’ Brings War Stories Onstage
Veteran Michael Bordner’s hip-hop infused play was inspired by his personal experience serving in Iraq.
High On Romance
TheatreSquare in Arkansas will present “Period of Adjustment.”
