Managing the Stage, and Managing Expectations
For all the responsibility laid on stage managers, their impact and centrality—and what they can bring to theatre’s current moment of challenge and uncertainty—remain underappreciated.
Stories by Jerald Raymond Pierce
Jerald Raymond Pierce is the associate editor of American Theatre. He studied acting at Ohio University and received his M.A. in arts journalism from Syracuse University. A member of the American Theatre Critics Association, he is also a freelance reviewer for the Chicago Tribune. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @TheJRPierce.
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Names Margo Hall Artistic Director
Hall, the company’s first female artistic director, emphasizes the need to create spaces for Black artists to thrive.
Can Improv Theatres Work With These New Suggestions?
An art form and industry built on ‘Yes, and…’ faces a world of ‘no,’ ‘maybe,’ and ‘who knows.’
Time for a Change: What If We Cut the Long Hours?
While the pandemic has theatres reevaluating their programming, some are also making shifts toward a more humane working environment.
Tammy Belton-Davis on Theatre’s Business—and Moral—Imperatives
The communications exec, who’s working with Milwaukee Rep for 10 months on EDI, talks about building relationships and engaging diverse communities.
‘I Want To Be Part of That’: The Urgent Work of Diversifying White Theatre Staffs
Most theatres recognize that all-white seasons and casts are wrong. So why are administration, management, and staff still so homogeneous?
Tim Bond: Best-Laid Plans
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s new artistic director tries to balance with nimbleness with caution as he looks toward an uncertain future.
A Tale of Two Reopenings, With and Without the Union Label
American Shakespeare Center and Berkshire Theatre Group will soon open full-scale productions, but only one has Actors’ Equity’s approval.
Not a Moment but a Movement: Toward an Anti-Racist American Theatre
The collective that started by saying ‘We See You, White American Theater’ makes its own demands to be seen, and fully included, at last.
Tired but Not Daunted in the Twin Cities
Amid the grief and rage over George Floyd’s murder, but unable to gather and heal through their art, Black theatremakers speak out and demand change.