L.A.’s Runway Project
The state of play(s) in Southern California, where the theatre refuses to die.
Category Archives: Features
The Atlanta Way
Despite challenges with funding and perception, theatre in Georgia’s capital city is eclectic and vibrant.
District Defiance
How theatres in the nation’s capital are surviving, striving, and living to fight another day.
‘Hedda Gabler’ in Huichang: Collaboration With a Sense of Place
One of 3 artists-in-residence at a newish theatre festival recounts the experience of gathering actors from all over China to explore Ibsen.
A God Comes Crashing Through: Rehearsing ‘Oedipus’ in North Carolina
The adaptor/director of a new take on Sophocles’s tragic trilogy reflects on the play’s lessons about fate and failure, as retaught by the production’s ups and downs—including a cancelled opening night.
The American Nonprofit Theatre Movement Must Be Reimagined
The industry must not look away from a moment that is begging for it to change, writes publisher Kelundra Smith.
Back to School with Devising at White Bird Productions
Professional artists create intergenerational, collaborative theatre alongside kids at White Bird Productions.
For Duncan Sheik: Requiescat
The composer’s longtime collaborator remembers his colleague’s mischief and melancholy, and the melodic gift he took for granted.
Rural Tenderness in ‘Horsegirl & Cowdaddy’
DJ Hills takes inspiration from their own upbringing in rural Appalachia in this world premiere tackling the intersections among queerness, transness, class, and geography.
D.C. Resilience and Resistance in Mosaic Theater’s Reflection Series
The Washington theatre commissioned 4 artists to share creative writing, performance, and video responses to the past year of living under National Guard occupation.
