Are the Ticket Prices Too Damn High?
Box office isn’t the main revenue source for most nonprofit theatres, nor is pricing the biggest barrier for most patrons—but both sides of this exchange could benefit from more transparency.
Better Together: How Co-Productions Spread the Love (and Risk) Around
Theatres are increasingly turning to partnerships to shoulder the costs of large productions, but that’s not the only benefit of this industry practice.
The Little Theatre That Could, and Still Does
How a 68-seat cultural gem on the Jersey shore has stood the test of time for the sake of new plays.
Sound Designer Abe Jacob to Receive Ming Cho Lee Award
Jacob, known as “the Godfather of Sound,” will receive the lifetime achievement award at the Henry Hewes Design Awards on Oct. 23.
Colm Summers Named Artistic Director of Working Theatre
An experienced director, he will look to deepen and strengthen the company’s working-class programming.
Theatrical Mustang: S Franco Knows Who They Are
This month Woodzick talks to the Seattle-based director about creating a safe yet accountable rehearsal room, taking Shakespeare off a pedestal, and embracing body hair.
The Borders of Our Lives: A Bilingual Dialogue About ‘The Frontera Project’
How 2 directors on either side of the U.S./Mexico border created a traveling theatre piece that both demystifies and complicates the stories of fronterizos.
Following the Guiding Lights of Chicago Leaders
As the fall season gets under way, Chicago’s theatre scene offers plenty to be excited about, even as issues in the field continue to bubble under the surface.
8 Designers Receive 2023 Henry Hewes Awards
This year’s recipients include design team dots, costume designer Brenda Abbandandolo, lighting designer Barbara Samuels, sound designer Tei Blow, media designer Kameron Neal, and puppetry designer James Ortiz.
10 Shows to Receive Biller Family Foundation Social Impact Grants
This year’s grants will support innovative and socially engaged productions at theatres in Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona.
