Willem Dafoe Adds Festival Programmer to His Résumé
The busy actor has stocked an International Theatre Festival at the Venice Biennale with heavy hitters—including the one that formed him, the Wooster Group.
Category Archives: Interviews
How the 2 Sides of Lisa D’Amour Are Fused in ‘Frozen Section’
Her new play at the Catastrophic Theatre draws on both the experimental sensibility of PearlDamour and on the unsettled naturalism of ‘Detroit.’
a.k. payne’s ‘Furlough’s Paradise’ Wins Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Their two-hander about cousins sharing grief and comparing plans for utopia is part of the writer’s growing body of work.
Jack O’Brien and André Bishop’s Final Duet at Lincoln Center Theater
With an intimate new staging of Ibsen’s thorny ‘Ghosts,’ the versatile director and seasoned producer, who’s nearing the end of his LCT tenure, are not going quietly.
Jordan Harrison’s Emotional Sci-Fi
His new play ‘The Antiquities’ offers a kind of history of our post-human future, while a new collection of his plays suggests some common themes.
Stevie Walker-Webb: Theatre That Belongs to Us
A little over a year into his tenure leading Baltimore Center Stage, the Tony-nominated director reflects on his city, his impact so far, and what’s to come.
Maya Choldin Named Managing Director of New York Theatre Workshop
An arts administrator whose résumé spans Philly’s experimental ensemble Pig Iron and Canada’s mainstream Theatre Calgary, she’ll succeed Jeremy Blocker at the Off-Broadway powerhouse.
Elizabeth Marvel, Hearing the Voices of America
In the new docu-theatre piece ‘The Ford/Hill Project,’ the words of Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill—and their interrogators—live again onstage.
Under the Radar, Over the Hump: 3 Leaders in Dialogue
The directors of this iconic NYC festival, now a city-wide celebration since losing its longtime home, aren’t just planning next January’s programming but the fest’s next 20 years as well.
Destination: Children’s Theatre Company
New CTC leaders Rick Dildine and Jill Anderson discuss creating lasting memories for young people of all ages, from Minneapolis and beyond.
