Taken for Granted? The NEA Under a New Regime
The National Endowment for the Arts has survived decades of attacks and cuts, even two Trump elections. But at what cost?
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Pam MacKinnon on ACT, Isaac Butler on the NEA
ACT’s outgoing artistic director talks about the joys and challenges of an artistic home, and an author/critic explains how yesterday’s culture wars paved the way for today’s.
Monologues and Mayday in Minneapolis
In defiance of early 2026’s harrowing ICE/CBP occupation, Mixed Blood Theatre commissioned theatre artists to process and document the moment.
McNeal
From the pen of Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar comes a “brilliant and transfixing new play” about a literary icon whose looming novel, fractured family ties, and growing obsession with generative AI push him toward a reckoning with his own mythmaking.
Court Rules for Artists in NEA Case on Trump’s ‘Gender Ideology’ Order
After 4 arts organizations challenged the NEA policy, the U.S. District Court struck down restrictions disfavoring grants for projects promoting ‘gender ideology’ as unconstitutional.
A Tailor Near Me
In this new heartwarming play, a man visits a tailor to let out his pants, but what begins as a simple fix becomes a surprising journey of friendship, self-discovery, and transformation. A Tailor Near Me celebrates the magic of a perfectly tailored suit, and a fresh start.
House Committee Proposes More Cuts to NEA, NEH, and Kennedy Center
The House’s proposed FY26 appropriations bill would slash federal arts and humanities funding by 35 percent.
McNeal
Pulitzer-winner Ayad Akhtar’s thrilling and darkly comic new work follows Jacob McNeal—a brilliant yet dangerously charming novelist obsessed with his own genius. On the eve of his greatest achievement, his thirst for whiskey, fractured relationships, and curious fascination with artificial intelligence threatens to unravel everything.
Funny, With a Little Teeth: 2 Playwrights on the Lineage and Lens of Molière
Taylor Mac, whose new play ‘Prosperous Fools’ is loosely inspired by ‘Le Bourgeois gentilhomme,’ and Jeffrey Hatcher, who has a new adaptation of ‘The Imaginary Invalid,’ talk satire, philanthropy, and healthcare.
Unkindest Cuts: How Theatres Are Managing the Loss of NEA Funds
While some companies can quickly plug the holes in their budgets for now, the ripple effects of across-the-board cutbacks to federal arts funding may be long-lasting and felt by the most vulnerable.
