‘Noura’ in Dearborn and the Art of Homeland-Making
Detroit Public Theatre’s production of Heather Raffo’s thorny drama about Chaldean Iraqi immigrants showed what true regional theatre can—and should—do.
Category Archives: On the Scene
‘Theater of the Mind,’ Sure, But How About a Theatre Accessible for All Bodies?
More than just an immersive show about the senses, the new David Byrne/Mala Gaonkar experience in Denver has been built for folks of all sensory abilities.
Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab: Not a Eulogy But a Celebration
For 25 years, this hugely influential program welcomed directors from all over the world to compare work and share practices. Is it really over?
Stage Frights: Theatre Ghost Stories, Vol. 7
Footsteps on the roof, mischief-making specters, self-opening doors, and more fill our annual Halloween anthology of tales from haunted theatres.
A New-Play Fest Is Born in Greenville, S.C.
The latest entry in the new-play festival game, staged in August across 5 venues in an arts-centric town, had impressive local buy-in and enthusiastic full houses.
On Holy Ground: The National Black Theatre Festival
Back in August after a pandemic hiatus, the biennial gathering of Black theatremakers reclaimed its status as both a reunion and a showcase for new work.
Conversation Starters: How Robert Egan Put Ojai Playwrights on the Map
Roughly equal parts joy and rigor have characterized his 20-year tenure as artistic director of this influential new-play incubator.
Live From Lviv: Ukrainian Kids Bring a Play to Brooklyn
A news story about a performance in a Ukrainian bomb shelter inspired the U.S. theatre company Irondale to fly a young troupe over, putting human faces on harrowing headlines.
O’Neill Conference: Long Days’ Journey Into a Legacy
Scholars and fans gathered in Boston last month to consider, and reconsider, the contemporary and global relevance of the great, tormented American dramatist.
Dramaturgy Breaks Out: LMDA 2022 in Philly, in Pictures
Over 3 days in Philly, dramaturgs and others who use dramaturgy in their work met to share best practices and new definitions.
