Conor McPherson, Bringing Dylan Back Home
How did an Irish playwright put an American icon’s music on the stage? It helped to think a bit like a songwriter.
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High Tide of Heartbreak
Has theatre wounded me as much as or more than it’s healed me?
Public Theater Launches Mobile Unit National Tour With ‘Sweat’
Lynn Nottage’s play about Rust Belt economic discontent will be presented throughout 18 Midwest cities this fall.
Public Theater Announces 2018-19 Season, With 4 World Premieres
The season will feature a world premiere play by Suzan-Lori Parks and a new Bob Dylan musical.
Fish in Water: How White Playwrights Unpack Whiteness
Do a crop of inward-looking new plays about white privilege represent a step forward, or are they an expression of privilege in themselves?
Imagine It, Then Build It
Creating a safe and inclusive working environment should be a high a priority as any other policy or program within our organizations.
Careers in Development
Four fundraisers talk about what keeps them going, and what it takes to keep the arts alive.
Stages of Emergency
Three theatres that didn’t let a crisis stop them—or go to waste.
Agency and Color: A Response to Criticism of ERS’s ‘Measure for Measure’
Given the chance to play Claudio as a black man, neither I nor our production took the racial implications lightly.
Black Bodies, White Writers
The crushing homogeneity of theatre criticism means it’s missing crucial perspectives—and its relevance to readers.
