The Science of Feeling at Home
Kwame Kwei-Armah hits his stride at Baltimore’s Center Stage
By Celia Wren
School Days, School Days
At the TCG Conference in Dallas, theatre artists go back to their roots. Including a list of TCG awardees
By Diep Tran, with photos by Michal Daniel
Playscript: The Convert
The complete text of Danai Gurira’s tumultuous journey into Zimbabwe’s colonial history (In print only). Plus: a conversation with the playwright by Tim Sanford.
DEPARTMENTS:
From the Executive Director
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
News in Brief
2 New Plays Put a Contemporary Spin on Robin Hood
Bring Your Own Babies to Emerald City Theatre
Entrances & Exits; Awards & Prizes
Robert Sickinger (1917-2013): A Windy City Ringleader
Bernard Sahlins (1922-2013): A Giant of the Second City
Barbara Oliver (1927-2013): A San Francisco Legend
Front & Center
In the Wheel World With ‘Prometheus Bound’
Artists at Play to Stage Michael Golamco’s ‘Cowboy Versus Samurai’
Performance Meets Ritual in ‘The Object Lesson’
Bron Batten Premieres ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ at Chicago’s Neo-Futurists
New Orleans Gets Spooky in ‘The Hollow’
‘Arguendo’ Gets to the Naked Truth
Production Notebook
Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s 410[GONE] at Crowded Fire Theatre
People
Playwright George Brant, by Davi Napoleon
Playwright Mona Mansour, by Caridad Svich
Currents
Mary Zimmerman talks The Jungle Book with Rob Weinert-Kendt
On the Scene
Mark Blankenship finds changes afoot in his native Chattanooga
Media
Nicole Estvanik Taylor on new design/photography magazine Chance
Strategies
Deepening the casting process, by Eliza Bent
September Onstage
20 Questions
for Richard Bean