Pulling Focus
The challenge for artists: to keep our attention on human stories and larger questions, not on our distractor-in-chief.
Category Archives: Special Section
Speaking Truth to Trumpism
Plays on some pet presidential subjects—immigration, U.S. history, the presidency itself—stir uneasy new resonances.
Wide Awake in America
Why Suzan-Lori Parks decided to write a play every day during Trump’s first 100 days
The View From the Middle
In a state that tipped red decisively in 2016, the opportunity for theatrical dialogue across divides seems ripe and freshly urgent.
Trump-ocalypse Now?
American plunder didn’t begin with this administration. Our theatrical dissent must be grounded in a holistic critique of state violence.
Enter Stage Right
Conservative theatremakers, some emboldened by Trump’s election, look for inroads onstage.
In Search of the Resistance
For artists like Double Edge Theatre, Jean Claude van Itallie, and Bread & Puppet Theatre, theatrical protest is a tradition, not a trend.
The Resistance Runs Deep
How our polarized political moment puts the spotlight on the social and cultural work of many theatremakers.
Offscript: Seasoning With Frank Rizzo
On this week’s podcast, the Connecticut critic joins the editors to dish about his Q&A with Yale’s James Bundy and the upcoming season.
What’s on the Menu?
For this year’s preview of U.S. theatre’s offerings, we look at the how and why as much as the what.
