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?
Category Archives: First Person
Once on This Island: How LaChanze Helped Me Heal After 9/11
The attacks on the World Trade Center hit close to home, and it was a Broadway cast reunion concert that pointed the way back to life.
Hope Is a Trail of Breadcrumbs
A leading maker of plays for young people thinks of good storytelling as an alert, wakeful, but necessarily uncertain journey through the unknown.
Touch the Wound, But Don’t Live There
Why we need resilience services as much as we need fight choreography.
Where Art Matters: In Praise of the American Regional Theatre
An Irish director hails the ensemble ethic and sharp focus of U.S. resident theatres, which compare favorably to any he’s worked with around the world.
Lunch With 2 Conjurers: A Dream Meeting About Our Nightmares
When Mac Rogers and I met our playwriting hero, Wallace Shawn, we were honored—and confronted anew with his devastating plays.
12 Days in May: A Hermitage Diary
My time at this storied Florida retreat was both relaxing and productive—and I was ready for the bugs this time.
Thing Theory: A Taxonomy of Objects
In anatomizing the categories of things he’s collected over the decades, a playwright explores and suggests their dramaturgical possibilities.
Tales From the Palace: The Dark Side of the Theatre Fairy Tale
After 25 years in the regional theatre, I’m done with the silence about the classism, sexism, and abuse I’ve experienced.
ASL and Theatre: Here’s What Not To Do
A Deaf educator who receives numerous emails from theatre teachers and directors gives advice on best practices for incorporating Deaf actors and ASL.
