Theatre’s Technical Jobs: Much More Than Meets the Eye
From sewing to sketching, focusing to carpentry, the technical work of theatre can be as creative as it is practical. The best schools know there’s no substitute for on-the-job training.
How Split Britches Joined Lesbian Performance With the Avant-Garde
At the seminal WOW Cafe and beyond, Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver have inspired generations of theatremakers with their seriously playful hybrid of vaudeville, drag, and postmodern appropriation.
New Stage Technology Changes the Game Behind the Scenes, and in the Classroom
The ease and speed of digital solutions for the stage is creating new possibilities—and raising new questions about how to train artists for such a rapidly evolving field.
21st-Century Storytelling at 3LD
At a space in downtown New York City, the art and technology center pushes at the edges of projection, immersion, and performance.
As a Production Manager, John Kearns’ Job Is Never Done
A busy day in the life of Chicago’s TimeLine production manager.
Offscript: Festival-palooza!
Episode 8 of Offscript features journalist and critic Helen Shaw, who discusses the surfeit of experimental theatre festivals that have popped up in New York City in January. Senior editor Eliza Bent talks to Shaw about what to see when you have five festivals to choose from, how to combat theatre-going fatigue, and the value of playing hooky and dressing warmly.
Quiara Alegria Hudes’s New Trilogy Inspired by Childhood in Philadelphia
Quiara Alegria Hudes discusses her new trilogy of plays, “Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue” (a Pulitzer Prize finalist), “Water By the Spoonful” (a Pulitzer winner) and “The Happiest Song Plays Last”.
Student Assistant to Jerzy Grotowski Reveals Secrets From Inside the Lab
When the Polish theatre guru came to teach in Irvine in the 1980s, he turned the group into a new experiment in mystery and discipline.
Five Downtown Theatre Festivals in NYC to Pull Audiences Out of the Cold Snap
With Under the Radar, Coil, PROTOTYPE, American Realness, Other Forces, January is festival season in New York City. So snap out of it.
New Book on National Theatre Features the Feud Between Laurence Olivier and Peter Brook
An excerpt from the new book, “The National Theatre Story” features the feud between Laurence Oliver and Peter Brook.
