Submitting Your Play: Dos and Don’ts
Artistic leaders at the Playwright Realm writers’ service organization talk about how, when, and whether to send your work for consideration.
Education
3 Seattle Schools Give COVID Collab a College Try
Undergraduate theatre programs join forces to combat artistic isolation and build creative community.
Starting Conversations With ‘Manic Monologues’
An interactive web portal combines theatre and education in an effort to destigmatize mental illness.
Zoom Theatre at an HBCU: Doing the Pandemic Pivot
Last fall we learned a new way to make theatre, not only with our students but with the audience and the community.
Student Plays Say #ENOUGH to Gun Violence
Nationwide readings on the scourge of guns brought pandemic-isolated theatre folks together for a common cause—and the momentum may continue.
Learning As I Go
As I say goodbye to my editorial home, I’d like to share some of the lessons I learned over the past (almost) 6 years.
What Can Still Be Taught During COVID: Bodies, Voices, Dramaturgy
Deprived of regular, full-face in-person interaction, high school theatre students at Interlochen Center for the Arts have expanded other creative capacities.
‘Giving Voice’ Does Just That for Its Student Competitors
A new Netflix documentary follows six contenders in the annual August Wilson Monologue Competition.
Years of Preparation for a Few Minutes in the Room
Among the most important things students can learn at theatre training programs: how to audition, and what they’ll be auditioning for.
One Way to Stop Whitewashing: It’s Got to Be Taught
Too often, comfort with culturally inappropriate casting starts in educational settings—precisely the places these practices should be interrogated.