#TCG16 Plenary 4: Theatre Beyond Borders
The final TCG plenary testified to the global power of theatre to tear down walls.
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#TCG16 Plenary 3: The Notion of Nation
TCG’s third plenary thought globally and celebrated locally, with Stephen Karam, Nikkole Salter, Deaf West Theatre, and more.
#TCG16 Plenary 2: Leadership as a Creative Act
In morning addresses director Kimberly Senior and executive and technologist John Maeda addressed risk and struggle.
Kimberly Senior Is Just Getting Started
The director, who receives the Alan Schneider Director Award at #TCG16, talks about her self-starting career and artistic restlessness.
#TCG16 Plenary 1: Standing Ground
An award for John O’Neal and a stirring keynote from Anna Deavere Smith began the conference at the intersection of civil rights and theatre.
The Ground on Which I Stand
African American theatre is distinct, distinguished, and fully deserving of the kind of funding and respect too often reserved for white culture and institutions.
Breaking ‘Ground’: How the Speech Came to Be and What It Set in Motion
In igniting fierce debates about casting, funding, and racial equity, August Wilson’s 1996 keynote anticipated many of the arguments we’re still having.
The Great Color-Consciousness Raiser
Why reprint a 20-year-old speech? Less to show how far we’ve come (or not) than to marvel at what a great artist still has to say to us now.
Offscript: Still Standing With Lou Bellamy and Jonathan McCrory
In this special edition of Offscript, we have a 10-minute audio recording of August Wilson delivering his seminal speech, ‘The Ground on Which I Stand,’ followed by a discussion among leaders of two black theatres, Penumbra’s Lou Bellamy and National Black Theatre’s Jonathan McCrory.
The Ground Constanza Romero Stands On
August Wilson’s widow is poised for new generations to reimagine the American Century Cycle.
