Theatre on the Couch
In an America obsessed with personal health, the theatre fosters addictive behavior.
Opinion
The Post-Play Discussion Fallacy
The vision of the artist cannot be subject to audience complaints or to a majority vote.
TKO in Louisville
You write a play, you take your chances.
Becoming a Playwright
A look back.
Developed to Death
Our writers should be grappling with the limits of production, not of development.
American Theatre: For Whites Only?
A reprint of a seminal 1966 essay that led to the founding of the Negro Ensemble Company.
Institution-as-Artwork
We may not have realized we were building long-lasting institutions to make theatre. But now that we have them, what should we do with them?
María Irene Fornés and Tina Howe: Women’s Work
Two major playwrights reflect on the role of gender in their writing and in their careers.
Coming to Terms
American plays offer new truths about the collective trauma of Vietnam.
Stars & Strife Forever
In the New American Epics, drama busts out of the living room into the open spaces of our national history.
