A Casting Controversy Tangled Up in ‘Blood Knot’
American Players Theatre’s production of Athol Fugard’s play about mixed-race brothers has raised thorny questions about representation.
American Players Theatre’s production of Athol Fugard’s play about mixed-race brothers has raised thorny questions about representation.
Also on the slate are two comedies by Lynn Nottage and revivals of work by former resident playwrights Athol Fugard, Will Eno, and Sam Shepard.
In 1990, the theatre’s board gambled on a young writer/director with an agenda. It’s paid off: Mann built a team around her vision, attracted new audiences, and steered the company through both crisis and triumph.
Theatre news from France, New Zealand, South Africa and more.
Shows at Piven Theatre Ensemble, the Fountain Theatre, Indiana Rep, ART/Yale Rep, the Old Globe, and Eckerd Theater Company.
More TV and video transfers are on the way.
After more than a quarter century in the theatre, Athol Fugard has found a new vantage point from which to review his past and conjecture about the future.
Openings, closures, and assorted plans from coast to coast.