Improvise, Imitate, Formalize, Reject, Repeat: How the Wheel of Innovation Turns
A look at the cyclical nature of theatre architecture throughout history.
Category Archives: Special Section
Appetite for Construction: Builds and Rebuilds Across the U.S.
A national survey of new, old, and new/old projects, ranging widely in size, shape, and intention.
The Yard Beyond the Bard
A new lakefront flexible space gives Chicago Shakespeare Theater the room to expand, and not just physically.
Offscript: Theatre Architecture, ‘Disgraced’ in China
On this week’s podcast, we interview Alison Friedman of Ping Pong Productions, which regularly takes American productions to China. Plus the editors discuss Hedy Weiss, ‘Julius Caesar,’ and the history of theatre architecture.
How Rude Mechs Built a ‘Mountain’ to Scale
The Austin-based company bid farewell to their home base, the Off Center, with an irreverent ode to impermanence.
Belonging and Becoming: Reflections on #TCG17
What was a critic of color doing at a theatre conference? Only listening, learning, networking, and finding his place.
Offscript: Live in Stumptown
For this week’s Offscript, recorded live in Portland, Ore., guests Amy Wang, Dámaso Rodríguez, and Maureen Porter gave us a primer on the local theatre scene.
#TCG17 Plenary 4: Full Circle
The Portland conference closes with gratitude to funders and a burst of poetry and song.
#TCG17 Plenary 3: Connecting the Americas
Latinx Theatre Commons challenged theatremakers to intervention, while Anand Giridharadas highlighted the need for reconciliation.
#TCG17 Plenary 2: Out of the Silos
Speeches by Susan Medak and Jeff Chang challenged the field to face its divisions, and our culture’s.
