Where We Are and Where We’ve Been: ‘Tad in 5th City’
As Chicago’s MPAACT remounts ‘Tad in 5th City,’ which first ran in 2010, its content finds new and continuing resonances within the Chicago community.
ICONS 2: Raymundo ‘Ray’ Barretto Pagán
This episode features a monologue by Nelson Diaz-Marcano, performed by Hiram Delgado, imagining an interview with the great Puerto Rican percussionist and bandleader.
‘Warrior Sisters of Wu’: Humor and Ferocity on the Eve of War
Damon Chua’s new play at Pan Asian Rep retells a portion of a Chinese epic that follows the badass icons Wan and Qing.
Nicole A. Watson Named Playwrights’ Center Producing Artistic Director
Watson comes to Playwrights’ Center from the McCarter Theatre Center.
The Subtext: Katie Ka Vang Has Lived a Thousand Lives
This month Brian talks to the Minnesota playwright about her Hmong American roots, having cancer in graduate school, and learning to live in the moment.
Joan Holden: Disarmingly Funny, Fiercely Political
The longtime playwright for San Francisco Mime Troupe delivered keen, freewheeling, up-to-the-minute satire as progressive as it was populist.
How Queer Black Church Energy Is ‘Delivered’T’
Jonathan Norton’s new play, opening soon in Dallas and Louisville, finds the comedy and pathos in usher board culture.
Twitter to Stage: The Road to ‘Highway Patrol’
Mined from the archives of Dana Delany’s social media is a new Goodman thriller from a creative team that includes Jen Silverman, Mike Donahue, and Dane Laffrey.
Know a Theatre: PURE Theatre of Charleston, S.C.
A small, sturdy theatre with a focus on new work, PURE’s ace in the hole is its adventurous audience, who’ve followed them to various venues over the years.
Best Damn Book Shop: The Understudy’s New Frontier
Nearing its first birthday, the Chicago bookstore stages a show in its space, by a playwright who’s logged some quality writing at the café.
