Iyvon Edebiri Named Recipient of 2019 Mark O’Donnell Prize
The Nigerian American playwright, producer, and dramaturg is best known for running a radio-play series the Parsnip Ship.
All Stories About Playwrights Horizons
Playwright Horizons to Produce Final Michael Friedman Musical
Next season also includes world premieres by Jaclyn Backhaus and Jeremy O. Harris.
Michael R. Jackson: What If
The form-breaking playwright/composer puts his work, and his audiences, through ‘A Strange Loop.’
Larissa FastHorse’s ‘The Thanksgiving Play’: It’s Okay to Laugh
With her satire of performative wokeness, the Native American writer strives to subtly rewire audiences’ default responses.
Talkback Backtalk
Up for a post-show discussion? Four a.d.s explain why they are—and you just might be too.
Lois Smith, Constant Learner
The veteran actor, who’s picking up ASL for Craig Lucas’s new play, recalls working with Horton Foote and laments compressed rehearsal time.
What a Girl Wants
‘The Wolves,’ ‘Dance Nation,’ and ‘School Girls,’ all by young female playwrights, show girlhood in all of its complexity and ferocity.
This Month in Theatre History
From a 19th-century play about the African-American experience to Pulitzer winners ‘Angels in America’ and ‘I Am My Own Wife,’ May was a memorable month for theatre.
Not Feeling It: Max Posner on ‘The Treasurer’
The long-standing distance between a mother and her son is not quite closed in this new play about grief, guilt, and longing.
Plays About Guns, With Varying Aims
In the midst of the #NeverAgain movement, can theatre artists foster nuanced conversations on the polarizing topics of gun violence and gun control?
