A Gay Marine’s Journey Home
A crisis of conscience in Iraq becomes the raw material for ‘The Eyes of Babylon.’
Category Archives: First Person
The Importance of Daydreaming
For actors, voice training and new discoveries in neuroscience can help bridge the disconnect between mind and body.
A Critic Infiltrates Paula Vogel’s Boot Camp
The results, she says, are transformational.
Riding the Waves of History: ‘The Gem of the Ocean’
How August Wilson created the ‘mother of all the plays’ and one of the central roles in his canon.
Aunt Ester’s Children: A Century On Stage
The author looks back on the beginnings and development of his 10-play cycle, singling out one character as the most significant.
There’s Another Think There!
The rise and fall…and rise of ‘Seussical.’
Peter Zeisler: Theatre Is a Refuge, So Open the Doors
We got people talking, and we moved the ball forward, but there’s so much more to do, and it’s time for a rebirth.
A Place at the Table
How to become a theatre company’s practical dreamer.
Who’s Teaming Up in the Tug-of-War?
The conflicts and commonalities I saw at this year’s TCG conference.
A Stranger in the House
The playwright sees himself as a psychic trespasser.
