Critical Steps: Under Covered
Even with arts journalism jobs in decline, emerging theatre critics keep training and finding new outlets for their voices.
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Even with arts journalism jobs in decline, emerging theatre critics keep training and finding new outlets for their voices.
From conservatories to MFAs to youth ensembles, the best training to reflect human behavior onstage can take as many forms as life itself.
The diversification of theatre design starts—but doesn’t end—with training.
In our Winter issue, we look at training that doesn’t simply instruct young artists in the ways of the world but aims to empower them to change it.
High school theatre programs have often been sites of harm, particularly for femme and non-binary kids of color, but some are paving a better path forward.
First it was cancelled, then it wasn’t, then the students couldn’t talk about it. Now that the show actually went on, it’s worth asking: Were this school district’s precautions about safety or silencing?
Alumni, faculty, and students from historically Black colleges and universities weigh in on how their training prepared them to take centerstage.
Green-Rogers brings a dramaturgical approach to leadership roles at The Theatre School at DePaul and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
The pandemic forced educators to reimagine theatre training, and while inflation and dwindling enrollment are adding pressure, some programs are using this moment to innovate.
From an animatronics professor in North Carolina to a music director in Massachusetts, this installment features six theatre workers shaping arts education.