This Month in Theatre History
June looks back on Frederick Douglass’s criticisms of blackface, Uta Hagen’s legacy, Eugene O’Neill’s nine-act ‘Interlude,’ Steppenwolf’s ‘Menagerie,’ and a Lynne Nottage premiere.
Leaders in a Time of Transformation
Reflections on what’s bringing joy, and a look at where we’ll meet the next challenge.
All the Lonely People
We say theatre can be healing, but what if that were literally true?
Elinor Fuchs, Peerless Guide to Theatre’s ‘Small Planet’
A lively and perceptive watcher and thinker, she helped generations of artists and critics view theatre as a kind of space and time travel.
TCG Launches Funding Program for Trans Women of Color
The new initiative will give unrestricted funds to 5 trans women of color in the performing arts and theatre.
They Will Survive: Theatres That Are Beating the Odds
Attendance and funding may be down at many U.S. theatres, but the variety of creative responses to crisis and precarity is ever increasing.
David Schmitz Joins People’s Light as Interim Managing Director
He’ll fill the role recently left by Erica Ezold while the Pennsylvania company seeks a successor.
SPACE on Ryder Farm to Suspend Operations
The barn doors at SPACE will close after more than a decade supporting creators and cultivators, while the board considers what comes next.
Paula Vogel, Tina Landau, and the Room That Made ‘Mother Play’
A far-ranging conversation about their common approach to text as a springboard, why they’re past theory, and how they introduced Jessica Lange to Viewpoints.
Derek Charles Livingston Named Stages Artistic Director
Livingston will head to Houston this August.
