From Chicago, Contraction and Expansion
This month, theatres are still making tough programming choices as they look hopefully toward growing into the future, plus thoughts from Willow James and Tiffany Keane Schaefer.
$10 Million Gift at 59E59 Means Rent-Free Runs for Producing Companies
Companies who stage works at the NYC venue now won’t have to worry about rental costs.
Passing the Torch (Without Getting Burned)
In our Winter issue, we look at training that doesn’t simply instruct young artists in the ways of the world but aims to empower them to change it.
Tomorrow’s Tamoras and Titanias: How to Heal the High School Space
High school theatre programs have often been sites of harm, particularly for femme and non-binary kids of color, but some are paving a better path forward.
Jason Kralicek Returns as Unicorn Theatre Managing Director
The company’s current director of finance will go back to the job he occupied from 2008 to 2018.
Vanessa Severo, Joanie Schultz, and Theatre That Sticks With You
From an instant connection at a workshop to world premiere productions, the creative duo’s working relationship has continued to blossom over the years.
Theatrical Mustang: Rodney Lizcano, Shakespeare Aficionado
Woodzick talks to the Denver theatremaker about original-practices Shakespeare, centering queer folks in ‘The Laramie Project,’ and using the classics to prevent violence.
Shaina Taub: Making Feminism Sing in ‘Suffs’
Her musical about the suffragists behind the 19th Amendment comes to Broadway with a few amendments of its own (and with Hillary Clinton as a producer).
Imagination Stage Names Joanne Seelig Lamparter Chief Artistic Programming Officer
Seelig Lamparter will take over from retiring founding artistic director Janet Stanford.
Into the ‘Babble Lab’ With Autumn Ness
A new Dada-influenced work from this longtime Children’s Theatre Company member explores the intersection of sound and language.
