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.
How Cultural Solidarity Fund Got $1 Million Covid Relief to NYC Arts Workers
A new report details the efforts of 20-plus artists, administrators, and organizations to join forces and give microgrants to colleagues impacted by the pandemic and its effects.
Subscriptions Are Dead, Long Live Subscriptions!
Theatres are taking a hard look at a well-worn patron model, and coming to different conclusions about its usefulness.
Samm-Art Williams, Gentle Giant, Is Called Home
Colleagues and friends of the actor-playwright recall his legacy as a dramatist, poet, producer, mentor, truth teller, and friend.
Come As You Are
Theatre is all about human behavior. Is it time to let audiences be fully human too?
Taproot Theatre Campaigns to Save Its Season and Its Future
The Seattle theatre reports that it needs to raise 62.5 percent more in contributed income than in pre-pandemic times to sustain operations.
