Remembering Donald Seawell, the Jet-Setting Visionary Behind Denver Center
In a life spanning a century of artistic adventure, trans-Atlantic exchange, and behind-the-scenes machinations, Seawell’s greatest legacy was transforming downtown Denver.
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Offscript: Who’s in the Room?
This week representatives from the Asian American Performers Action Coalition school American Theatre editors on better ways to talk about cultural appropriation and yellowface, and offer tips both for interpreting problematic works from the past and for creating new, more diverse work.
Eliza Bent’s ‘Toilet Fire’: Oh, the Places You’ll Go
Part church service, part confessional, part standup routine, the playwright/performer’s new show mines intestinal distress for laughs and discomfort.
Two Berlin Companies Go Back to the Cupcake Future
Copy & waste and English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center address gentrification with a little help from Marty McFly.
To Armenia With Love and Loss
Writing a play about ancestors consumed by an atrocity became an unexpected passport to a homecoming.
If a Deaf Musical Is Possible, There Is Room on Our Stages for Everyone
The artistry of Deaf and disabled theatre workers has been amply demonstrated. Why aren’t they centerstage more regularly?
Deaf Talent, Seen and Heard
If Deaf stories and actors are having a moment, from ‘Spring Awakening’ to ‘Tribes,’ it’s only because the rest of the world is finally discovering a well-established theatrical tradition.
Theatre Artists With Disabilities Are Ready, Willing, and, Yes, Able
Obviously theatres should give priority to disabled actors in roles defined as disabled. The next step: to consider them for all roles.
Once More Unto the Breach
An Anatomized Philippic Regarding the Relationship of Disability to the Contemporary American Theatre
Ali Stroker Is Checking Off Her List, One Dream at a Time
As the first wheelchair-using performer ever cast on Broadway, Stroker isn’t just realizing a dream; she’s making it possible for others like her to dream, as well.
