The Sol Project: Shining a Light on Latinx Playwrights
The NYC-based initiative isn’t just scoring productions for Latinx playwrights—it’s hoping to make their work bloom and plant seeds for more.
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Beyond ‘West Side Story’: Latinx Actors Hit New Heights
Working Latinx actors discuss how far the theatre industry has come and the ways it can still grow.
Scholars: Up for Multiple Roles in the Movement
As scholars join a freshly revivified and organized Latinx theatre movement, the question of their role is no longer academic.
Latino Theater Company: How We Grew, and Why
We started as a lab in the 1980s. Now we run a multi-theatre center dedicated to reflecting L.A.’s diversity.
No Latinx Theatre Company, No Problem. Make Your Own!
When Cleveland Public Theatre noticed there were no Latinx theatres in town, they helped create Teatro Publico.
Offscript: Defining Latinx with Lisa Portes
On this week’s podcast, director Lisa Portes stopped by to discuss Latinx theatre in Chicago, and directing work for young audiences. Plus, the editors discuss the responses we’ve been getting from artists about the election.
X Marks the Spot: Why We’re Embracing Latinx
Latino, Latina/o, or Latinx? We heard good arguments for and against them all, and opted for both greater inclusion and typographical clarity.
They’ll Make a Production of It
Artists build the imaginary worlds of the stage; producers and managers build the actual worlds where imaginations can play.
Prince’s Theatre
Harold Prince has always made work that matters to him—and most often to a wide audience.
Broadway Needs Producers, Not Just Investors
Whatever contribution I’ve made to the theatre repertoire has been because I took risks on great material and got backers to trust me with it.
