Offscript: Previewing the Season With Maya Phillips & David John Chavez
In this episode we talk to critics on both coasts (with JR holding down the Midwest) about criticism, in-person theatre, and Twitter vs. TikTok.
Category Archives: 2021-22 Season Preview꞉ The Return?
Yes, it’s finally time to look ahead at the plans of U.S. theatres big and small, after 18 months of pandemic and protest. You can start with this comprehensive listing of everything TCG members are planning for 2021-22, and/or find out more about what’s on the field’s mind below.
Creative credits for production photo above: The Ville: Avengeance!, staged in September at Annie Malone House by St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, based on Hamlet by William Shakespeare, written by Mariah L. Richardson, directed by Thomasina Clarke, scenic and projection design by Margery and Peter Spack, costume design by Hatsephi Kushma, lighting design by Bryant Powell, composition and music by Tre’von Griffith
We’re Back! Wait…Are We Back? What Is ‘Back’ Again?
Theatre is happening and we are here to cover it, in spite of it all.
There Is No Metaphor
This moment has pushed us past even our most prescient preparations for crisis and challenge, but we can face it together.
Come Back to the Theatre? First, We Need to Talk
As theatre workers prepare for a return to in-person theatre, they have lingering questions about what kinds of spaces and conditions they’re returning to.
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?
Checking In With This Year’s Rising Leaders of Color
The 8 individuals in this year’s cohort don’t just make theatre; over the past year and going forward, they are all about making change.
The Critical Revolution Will Be Tweeted
The pandemic led to innovative, alternative forms of theatre. Can theatre criticism keep up?
All the Screen’s a Stage: A Transmedia Manifesto
As theatremakers celebrate the return to in-person, in-venue performances, it’s imperative to keep open the doors offered by digital theatre and celebrate its place alongside the stage.
Director/Deviser: Tina Satter
The downtown artist didn’t ever expect or hope to be on Broadway, but her docutheatre piece ‘Is This A Room’ has defied expectations all along.
Playwright: Douglas Lyons
Lyons is out to change the theatre canon, and serving ‘Chicken & Biscuits’ on Broadway is just the one step along the way.
