When Misha Met Ronnie: Dallas Theater Center’s ‘Reykjavik86’
Opening Dallas Theater Center’s season of all new work is a play about President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev’s fateful peace talk to scale down nuclear weapons.
All posts by Rob Weinert-Kendt
What’s in ‘HMong Futures’?
Katie Ka Vang’s play about a historic Twin Cities immigrant community became more timely than anticipated when their state was violently occupied.
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?
Talene Monahon: Meaning in Armenian
The writer of ‘Meet the Cartozians’ chats with her leading actress about the history behind the play, the complicated effects of assimilation, and Armenian pride and trauma.
Phamaly’s ‘504: The Musical’ Makes a Sit-In Sing
A vital yet often-overlooked disability-rights protest in San Francisco in 1977 is musicalized at Denver’s Phamaly Theatre Company.
Where Do We Go From Here?
The articles in our Summer 2026 issue are underpinned by questions about who we’ve been—and who we might yet become.
A Summer of Reflection
For our guest columnist’s final column (for now), she reconnects with past students and asks teachers how they’re educating a new generation.
Brave Onstage, Quiet at Home
MILCK’s first musical at La Jolla Playhouse this summer can’t keep quiet, telling the story of an Asian American singer/songwriter with some unresolved trauma.
We the (Theatre) People
The history of live performance on this continent has been about art, commerce, innovation, stereotyping, and the breaking of stereotypes—i.e., messy democracy in action.
Those Who Learn, Teach
For theatre teachers, summer is the time to inhale, recharge, and remember what it’s like to be a student.
