U-M Students Start Semester With No Safety Net
A festival of politically themed performances kicks off a program of civic engagement across disciplines.
Live and Learn
This new monthly column is dedicated to theatre education and training, across all disciplines and all ages. Please send ideas and tips to Associate Editor Allison Considine at aconsidine@tcg.org.
Musical Theatre’s Next Generation? The NEA Is Finding and Funding It
How the agency and American Theatre Wing’s national musical theatre songwriting competition is supporting tomorrow’s creators today.
Write Your Own Program
What emerging writers can—and can’t—learn from schools without a playwriting concentration.
Fiasco’s Rehearsal Room Joy and Rigor, Now Available in the Classroom
The company’s new 6-week conservatory program aims to provide tools for a collaborative rehearsal process.
A Thornton Wilder World Premiere, as ‘7 Deadly Sins’ Get Their Due
Boston’s Suffolk University will present the entire set of Wilder’s ‘Sins’ one-acts for the first time in one program.
Can Freestyle Love Supreme Be Taught?
The popular improv troupe is teaching folks its blend of improv and freestyle rap, and one of its students is now with them on Broadway.
How ‘Roleplay’ Reflected Tulane’s Experiences With Assault
With the help of Goat in the Road Productions, Tulane students shaped a play in response to an assault crisis on their campus.
Stargate Theatre’s Healing ‘Sweet Water’
A theatre program run by Manhattan Theatre Club offers formerly incarcerated youth a venue to face, embrace, and share their lives.
Training Changemakers at TCG’s Higher Education Pre-Conference
The one-day event in Miami brought together educators, administrators, and students to address issues at higher-ed institutions.
Honing Your Acting Instrument, and Maybe an Actual Instrument Too
Ohio University is creating more flexibility for its musical theatre BFA students to pursue other subjects, including formal musical training.