The Final Collaborator: Why New Work Needs Audiences
As developmental spaces dwindle, the New York Stage & Film Summer Season preserves a crucial part of theatremaking: the moment when artists and audiences shape a work together.
Category Archives: Features
Talene Monahon: Meaning in Armenian
The writer of ‘Meet the Cartozians’ chats with her leading actress about the history behind the play, the complicated effects of assimilation, and Armenian pride and trauma.
This Month in Theatre History
August highlights include a ban on plays, a tour interrupted, and a fight against the end of the world.
Phamaly’s ‘504: The Musical’ Makes a Sit-In Sing
A vital yet often-overlooked disability-rights protest in San Francisco in 1977 is musicalized at Denver’s Phamaly Theatre Company.
People to Watch: Phanésia Pharel
The Haitian American playwright reflects on female empowerment and her wishes for change in the industry as her play ‘Dead Girl’s Quinceañera’ makes the rounds this fall.
What Else Is New: A ‘Dalloway’ Prequel, Helen of Troy in the Old West
A listing of new plays and musicals making their debuts in the U.S. in the coming month.
People to Watch: Bernardo Cubría
A year after the Los Angeles wildfires, the playwright reflects on community and responsibility with ‘The People of Pompeii.’
5 Things the Pros Can Learn From High School Theatre
We could all use a bit of the enthusiasm, imagination, and determination I witnessed at this year’s International Thespian Festival.
Puppet Confidence in Creede Rep’s ‘Eureka’
CRT’s latest KID Show, with the help of Dragoncillo puppetry troupe, aims to help students come out of their shells.
Writing With Our Ancestors
A ceremony from the writing room, and how to keep it at your own desk.
