Sci-Fi Theatres Imagine Other Worlds, Often Better Ones
Three theatres who regularly stage the impossible challenge misconceptions, and battle stereotypes, about the genre.
Category Archives: Science in Their Fiction
Whether you call it science fiction or speculative fiction, there’s clearly something otherworldly brewing on U.S. stages. But is this trend really new? And new or old, what does this new crop of plays and writers tell us about our world, and the stories we tell each other to make sense of it?
Whole New Worlds: How Science Fiction Is Materializing Onstage
What are today’s science fiction and fantasy plays but a kind of modern mythology?
An Evolving Mythology: How ‘Mr. Burns’ Challenged Capital Stage and Its Audience
Like the characters in Anne Washburn’s post-apocalyptic pop-culture extravaganza, the company often had to choose which ideas to save and which to kill.
In the Uncanny Valley With Jennifer Haley
To explore the effects of technology, ‘The Nether’ playwright creates worlds that are frighteningly familiar.
What Is a Science Fiction Play Anyway?
Christina Anderson, Madeline George, and Mac Rogers discuss how they put science in their fiction, pulp in their living-room drama, and speculation in their history.
How to Write Sci-Fi for the Stage, in 7 Easy Steps
Can plays compete with mass entertainment in spinning tales of aliens, robots, and monsters? Seems to be working for some of us.
