The Zoom Where It Happens
Academic theatre programs quickly adjust to remote learning in the age of COVID-19.
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 Senior Editor Allison Considine at aconsidine@tcg.org.
Disability Takes the Wheel in ‘Emily Driver’
A new tour co-produced by La Jolla Playhouse and National Disability Theatre is educating students and participants on accessibility and disability rights.
Quinnipiac University Students Unleash Suppressed ‘Rage’
A new play with music, based on a novel Stephen King pulled from circulation, sparks dialogue at the university where it’s premiering.
U-M Students Start Semester With No Safety Net
A festival of politically themed performances kicks off a program of civic engagement across disciplines.
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.