19 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From dramaturgs to designers, actors to devisers, these are some folks to have on your radar.
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Steve Carter, Playwright and Playwrights’ Advocate
In his last interview, he talks about the Negro Ensemble Company’s heady heyday, and its influential Playwrights’ Workshop.
Lily Tung Crystal, Doing Her Life’s Work at Theater Mu
In her first year at the Twin Cities theatre, a series of crises offered opportunities for allyship and community-building.
Horror and Magic With Tonya Pinkins
Her film ‘Red Pill,’ which she thinks of as a Black woman’s ‘Get Out,’ views the nation’s ills through the lens of horror.
Tammy Belton-Davis on Theatre’s Business—and Moral—Imperatives
The communications exec, who’s working with Milwaukee Rep for 10 months on EDI, talks about building relationships and engaging diverse communities.
She Just Won’t Give Up: The Life, Times, and Tenacity of Vinie Burrows
The actor and activist looks back on a career that began on Broadway in 1950 and took her around the world to tell Black women’s stories.
Ntokozo Fuzunina Kunene: It’s All Interwoven
How one costume designer is working for change through her chosen medium.
Katori Hall and Erika Dickerson-Despenza: Crafting Their Narratives
The 2 playwrights talk about what’s been lost to the pandemic and look to a future in which Black stories are the default, not the exception.
Tim Bond: Best-Laid Plans
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s new artistic director tries to balance with nimbleness with caution as he looks toward an uncertain future.
The Job Is to Be Invisible, Not to Disappear Entirely
What does the future of theatre look like to a freelance general technician? It may be time to build that camper van and hit the road.