The Not-So-Brief, Wondrous Adaptation Process of ‘Oscar Wao’
How did a playwright bring the Pulitzer-winning, generation-defining novel to the stage? By finding himself in the story.
Category Archives: First Person
‘Teeth,’ In-Your-Face and With Extra Bite
The maker of the original film reflects on how his gory fable about vagina dentata became a savagely witty stage musical by Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson.
Facial Recognition, With a Difference: How ‘Wonder’ Sees the Invisible
The author of a new musical based on a book about facial difference writes about how the show took its unique shape and gathered its like-minded team.
Why I Left the Kennedy Center
A former copywriter for the D.C. organization reflects on the tenuous position of arts workers under the Trump administration.
Islands of Disorder
Lessons from the Global South on fugitivity and world-making in the face of empire.
Maybe, Maybe Not: A Casting Controversy and the Conversation It’s Started
An Asian American theatremaker reflects on the intent and impact of Broadway’s ‘Maybe Happy Ending,’ and the precedent its latest casting decision may set.
The Process Itself Can Be the Revolution
After spending a week studying Tectonic Theater Project’s Moment Work, a theatre teacher emerges with new tools to empower young storytellers.
That’s (Political) Entertainment
A playwright considers the challenges and rewards of writing for the moment.
Life and (Near) Death in Broadway’s ‘Swept Away’
The star of this season’s shipwrecked Avett Brothers musical reflects on the show’s brief, brilliant voyage—and how its dark depths rescued his first love.
Coffee Chronicles
A playwright travels to his parents’ home country and plants the seeds for a new play with Hero Theatre’s Nuestro Planeta project.
