Letters to the Editor: Time Stopper, Funding Caution
A stage manager’s stopwatch keeps a COVID vigil, and a reader expresses skepticism about arts funding as a panacea.
Stories by Various Authors
What Dream Casts May Come
Which plays and which actors would you most like to see matched? We asked and the answers poured in.
What Plays Are You Going Back To? A Playwrights’ Reading List
We asked a number of TCG-published authors which plays they’re reading—or not reading—during this time of crisis.
Piecing Together a Zoom ‘Frankenstein,’ Finding Its Soul
Teens from the Rose Theater’s conservatory camp share takeaways from a virtual production of ‘Frankenstein.’
Letters for January/February 2020
As a former Chicago theatre person (artistic and then executive director of Free Street Theater, from 1991 to 2003), I was glad to see American Theatre devote an article to the wonderful ensemble scene in Chicago (“Stronger Together,” AT, Nov. ’19). But I found it “curious” that the writer neglected to mention perhaps Chicago’s oldest functioning theatre ensemble, Curious Theatre Branch. Curious has been devoted to new work for more than 30 years, having produced Rhinofest long before the first “Fringe” for most of that…
Letters for November 2019
Readers respond to our about our October special issue on small theatres.
Adrienne Kennedy: A Liberating Beacon
Colleagues and former students of the playwright share how she helped shape their lives and work.
Letters for May/June 2019
Responses to a piece about diversifying improv, and a profile of the great Laurie Metcalf.
Letters for January 2019
In defense of post-show talkbacks, and in praise of a playwright’s candor.
Pushing the Envelope and Pulling Back
Readers respond to a provocative play about race and to a searching essay about theatrical heartbreak.