We Are All Theatre Ghosts Now, But Poised to Return
It’s not just the workers who need the stage to come back—all of us crave the communion only the theatre can provide.
Dispatches From Quarantine
Magic To Do: Performing in a Pandemic
Remembering a middle school production of ‘Pippin’ that got in just under the wire last March.
Winnie for the Win: How a Virtual ‘Happy Days’ Conveys Presence
Beckett’s play about a woman living moment to moment in a pile of dirt is a natural fit, and a great lesson, for our pandemic isolation.
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.
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.
In Challenging Times, Our Theatres Can Rise to the Challenge
It’s going to be a long time before we’re back doing live theatre at full capacity indoors, but there is plenty of work to do until then.
One Way to Keep Theatre Alive? Put It on TV
Networks should borrow a model from the 1950s television series which broadcast exciting new plays live from the studio.
Tomorrow’s Pandemic Plays, Today!
Can’t wait to see how playwrights will be inspired by the coronavirus quarantine? Yeah, me neither.
This Is What We Do Now
Theatre is the practice of putting dreams into action, so why don’t we use this time to dream, not about some uncertain future, but about what we can start doing now?
What Would Life Be Like Without Theatre? We All Get to Find Out
Like George Bailey in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ we have the chance to glimpse the world without our work. Will we make the most of what we learn in this down time?