Home Theatre, Literally
Theatre Horizon’s Art Houses program partners with local families to devise virtual performances on their home turf.
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.
Kisha Jarrett: ‘Theatre Is for You’
Artists’ Rep’s new managing director wants to break down the silos in her workplace and in her art form too.
Starting Conversations With ‘Manic Monologues’
An interactive web portal combines theatre and education in an effort to destigmatize mental illness.
So What Could a ‘New Federal Theatre Project’ Actually Look Like?
Growing calls for government arts support are welcome, even if the historical model of the 1930s is an imprecise analogy.
Ike Holter: Beyond the Playwright
The pandemic has given the Chicago playwright a chance to step back and rethink his approach—and he hopes theatres are doing the same.
Peter J. Kuo: Schooling the Field
ACT’s new director of the conservatory talks about teaching self-analysis, working within structures to dismantle them, and the possibilities of digital platforms.
A ‘Capsule’ of a Tense Year, Captured on Film
Theatre artists Whitney White and Peter Mark Kendall made a show for Under the Radar that tests the bounds of their form, and of their friendship.
Teen Artists Devise a Community to Be Reckoned With
NYTW’s education program provided an artistic oasis, and a sense of belonging, for U.S. high school students hungry for change.
Rerouting the Casting Pipeline
Greater diversity onstage is only going to happen when theatre’s hidden gatekeepers are more diverse too.
Despite the Pandemic, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like ‘Christmas Carol’
Amid the constraints of social distancing, perhaps more urgently because of them, many U.S. theatres are finding ways to bring audiences an annual dose of Dickens.