Monologues and Mayday in Minneapolis
In defiance of early 2026’s harrowing ICE/CBP occupation, Mixed Blood Theatre commissioned theatre artists to process and document the moment.
Category Archives: Creative Writing
How to Survive a Dictatorship, the Theatre Artist’s Way
Stories of resistance from perseverant 20th century theatremakers around the world, and how they walk with us today.
Stamp Me
Yussef El Guindi’s short play follows Ahmed as he waits in line to get his passport stamped.
My Body, Your Body (Where you from?)
In this poem, Antu Yacob explores where she’s from.
Husks from Iran
An excerpt from the script of a new work involving puppetry and projections.
Queens
An excerpt from Martyna Majok’s play, slated for a new Manhattan Theatre Club production this fall.
in your hands, american theatres
A poem by our digital editor, a Brazilian artist, is this summer’s editor’s letter within our Immigrant Imaginations issue.
Lock Up Tha Theatre
An excerpt from a new collection of micro-plays.
Nobody’s going to fund this: a monologue in pieces
Lockdown is no blessing, but I am using it for good: to heal, to step off the grant-writing treadmill, and to say no to more abuse.
Me Here, You There: What Happens Between Us in the Dark
What are we doing in the theatre? The clues are in what our art is made of: bodies, words, and a third thing that is neither and both of them.
