One Scarf Vs. Siberia: What Can ‘Fiddler’ Teach a Parent in a Dangerous World?
A beloved musical about refugees, and a new one about current U.S. border policies, hit unexpectedly hard in a newly unsettled time.
Category Archives: First Person
Sundance Theatre Program, Rest in Power
The end of yet another path-breaking play development program, one with fieldwide impact and global reach, has not been properly mourned.
Let’s Crack the Proscenium and Breathe New Air
After years of soul-searching, this summer’s LMDA conference in Philly promises to engage the whole field in a fresh, inclusive dialogue about which forms sustain us (and which don’t).
Lock Up Tha Theatre
An excerpt from a new collection of micro-plays.
When Worlds Fall Apart, There’s ‘Nuestro Planeta’
Amid health and climate crises, a new-works program takes Latine writers to their ancestral homes to inspire hope and healing.
In Theatre, At Least We’re Honest About the Lie
A poet/playwright reflects on the pleasure and possibility of a medium where deliberate fakery can lead to a kind of freedom.
How ‘American Utopia’ Managed to Remain in Light
The Broadway stage manager recounts how her company conceived and staged a new concert version of the popular show in the face of COVID cancellations.
It Takes a Virtual Village: New Motherhood, Theatre, and the Pandemic
As if having a baby while working in the theatre isn’t hard enough, the pandemic has only intensified the stress—and the need for networks of support.
Contemporary Plays, Teaching From the Page as Well as the Stage
The work of writers like Jackie Sibblies Drury, Annie Baker, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is riveting in the theatre, but the rewards of close reading shouldn’t be ignored.
Second-Act Problems: What Comes Next Is Up to Us, and Also Not
Poised between a troubled but familiar past and the uncertain promise of a transformed future, is it any wonder we’re having trouble with the next act of our lives?
