The Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights of the 2015–16 Season
This year’s top playwright won a Pulitzer for his first play (and we published it).
All Stories About Showcase
Bill Rauch: Oregon Shakes’s ‘And’ Man
The theatre’s idealistic leader isn’t resting on its considerable laurels but pushing it to be more, and do more, all the time.
‘Pot Mom’ Gets Relit in Nashville, and I’m Having Flashbacks
Justin Tanner’s great 1990s comedies taught me about the beautiful impermanence of theatre. But artists keep creating, and plays can be revived. Maybe you can go home again.
Philadelphia Fringe: It’s a Party, It’s a Sporting Event, It’s a Moving Target
The annual festival takes over the ‘City of Neighborhoods’ with new work and new forms.
A Cast of Cast-Aside Characters in Lisa Loomer’s ‘Homefree’
The city-bred playwright has gotten to know another America in rural Oregon, where both liberal and conservative communities are failing their young people.
Lend Me Another Tenor (or Two)
I never thought I’d write a sequel, but then I had an idea—and now I have ‘A Comedy of Tenors,’ in which Tito and company get an encore.
Blanche DuBois in a Shipping Container Named Desire
Serenbe Playhouse set their timeless production of Tennessee Williams’s classic in a confined and contemporary space.
Know a Theatre: Houston’s Catastrophic Theatre
This small performance space has built a cult-like following for its in-your-face aesthetic and pay-as-you-can ticketing policy.
George Wendt, Staying Mostly Within the Norm, Stars in Northlight’s ‘Funnyman’
In Bruce Graham’s new play, Wendt plays an actor known for a single iconic role who’s trying to break the mold—unlike Wendt himself, who seems content with the comedic.
The Web We Weave
As our website nears its first birthday, it’s clear we’re reaching more of you—and vice versa.
