Can Theatre Heal Trauma? A Case Study From India
This excerpt from a new book about performance activism looks at pandies theatre, which has devised plays with and for marginalized youth in the slums of New Delhi.
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This excerpt from a new book about performance activism looks at pandies theatre, which has devised plays with and for marginalized youth in the slums of New Delhi.
After years of soul-searching, this summer’s LMDA conference in Philly promises to engage the whole field in a fresh, inclusive dialogue about which forms sustain us (and which don’t).
Presented in honor of his play ‘tiny father,’ the prize includes a $10,000 award and the accompanying $10,000 Jay Harris Commission to write a new play.
Far from simply preaching tolerance among Jews, Christians, and Muslims, this 18th-century comic fable insists on true inclusion and fellowship.
The Sondheim/Wheeler classic about bloody revenge is the basis for a 10-episode musical series for the popular streamer.
For 2 new plays at the Huntington, the ‘Luck of the Irish’ playwright draws on her family dynamics and Boston roots, respectively.
A new theatre piece based on a Claudia Rankine essay may be educational for white audiences, but for Black audiences it’s merely relatable.
In this special episode, recorded live in Madison, Wisc., Brian interviews the poet/playwright who wrote ‘The Mytilenean Debate’ for Forward Theater.
The experimental theatremaker and scholar looks back at the Civil Rights era, the Free Southern Theater, and the time he directed August Wilson in Johannesburg.
She’ll leave in June after 9 years in the top spot, and a dozen years with the theatre.