Josefina López: The Arts Can’t Be Left to the Privileged
The ‘Real Women Have Curves’ playwright talks about ‘Remembering Boyle Heights,’ a new ensemble-devised play collecting the stories of her L.A. community.
Nik Whitcomb Named Bag&Baggage Artistic Director
The program director of the Black Theatre Coalition succeeds Cassie Greer as leader of the Oregon company.
This Month in Theatre History
December brought the premieres of a powerful Pulitzer-winning drama, a Yiddish play by a prolific Jewish playwright, and a docudrama about a flashpoint in U.S. history.
Why New Plays Now? A Case for Supporting the Unimaginable
One of the nation’s most prolific living playwrights celebrates the theatre that has sustained him, and asks that it recommit to, and expand, its support for new work.
Kristina Wong Receives First Joan D. Firestone Commission
A Pulitzer finalist for ‘Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord,’ she will create a new work about food insecurity as the first recipient of a new award from En Garde Arts.
Jasson Minadakis to Exit Marin Theatre Company
The artistic director has served 17 seasons and produced 88 shows at the Northern California theatre.
Theatrical Mustang: Migguel Anggelo’s Joy and Exhaustion
This month Woodzick talks with the singer-songwriter-dancer about his new show and album ‘English With an Accent,’ an allegory about immigration and transformation.
Rage, Fear, and Dreams in ‘Becky Nurse of Salem’
Writer Sarah Ruhl and director Rebecca Taichman talk about how they’re crafting ‘Becky Nurse of Salem,’ a new play about witches and women’s power.
Michael Feingold: A Life in Review
In his lifelong affair with the theatre, he could be a possessive, even jealous lover, but both his intellectual acuity and his abundant humanity shone through all his writing.
TYA BIPOC Superhero Project to Commission New Work From 20 Writers
A new program from TYA/USA, which partners its writers with 24 major TYA theatres, is billed as the largest such effort ever undertaken in the field.
