The Pathbreaking Excellence of Douglas Turner Ward
Colleagues recall the vision and tenacity of one of the American theatre’s essential founders and leaders.
All Stories About Douglas Turner Ward
Modest Beginnings, Towering Legacy: The Negro Ensemble Company
Out of conversations and readings in an actor’s apartment, one of the great American theatre companies was born.
Steve Carter, Playwright and Playwrights’ Advocate
In his last interview, he talks about the Negro Ensemble Company’s heady heyday, and its influential Playwrights’ Workshop.
Charles Fuller: Write Without Fear or You’re Wasting Time
Though his 1982 hit ‘A Soldier’s Play’ is now on Broadway, its writer’s only real ambition has been to tell the truth about people he’d never seen onstage.
#TCG14 Plenary Recap: An Ideal Theatre
Jim O’Quinn recaps the rousing (and controversial) closing plenary, “An Ideal Theatre,” at TCG’s 2014 National Conference.
Acting and the Black Imagination
Ground zero is the actor’s own life and cultural experiences—a conversation with Douglas Turner Ward.
