Taibi Magar, Tyler Dobrowsky to Co-Lead Philadelphia Theatre Company
The married team will serve as co-artistic directors of the Philly company, replacing Paige Price.
Rattlestick Artistic Director Daniella Topol to Step Down for Nursing Career
She’ll leave the theatre after leading it for 7 years, in a career change inspired in part by a play she staged there, Cusi Cram’s ‘Novenas for a Lost Hospital.’
Kacie Pimentel Is Alliance Theatre’s New BIPOC Stage Management Fellow
A graduate of the University of Houston with extensive credits in D.C. and elsewhere, she joins the Atlanta theatre for the 2022-23 season.
Live From Lviv: Ukrainian Kids Bring a Play to Brooklyn
A news story about a performance in a Ukrainian bomb shelter inspired the U.S. theatre company Irondale to fly a young troupe over, putting human faces on harrowing headlines.
Offscript: How Aya Ogawa Writes on Bodies in Space
After our July break, we return for an interview with the writer-director-performer of ‘The Nosebleed.’
Life During Wartime: The Backdrop of Kenny Leon’s ‘Much Ado’
How a Shakespeare in the Park production taught this designer that ‘political theatre’ could mean something different for Black and white Americans.
One Scarf Vs. Siberia: What Can ‘Fiddler’ Teach a Parent in a Dangerous World?
A beloved musical about refugees, and a new one about current U.S. border policies, hit unexpectedly hard in a newly unsettled time.
Gabrielle Randle-Bent Named Associate Artistic Director at Court Theatre
A dramaturg and co-director, she’ll advise on season planning, manage new-work development, and lead a new engagement division for the South Side Chicago theatre.
Penfold Theatre Names Morgan Peterson Arts Leadership Apprentice
The Texas State University student will work alongside the leadership of the Austin theatre to learn the ropes of nonprofit theatremaking.
What Role Can Theatre Play in the Fight for Abortion Rights?
A play may not convince anyone but it can share information, hold a space for grief and complexity, de-stigmatize abortion, and rally troops demoralized by the fall of Roe.
