Cutting Ball Passed to Ariel Craft
Where will she take the experimental theatre she inherits from its co-founders? Its history of risk and radicalism points the way.
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The Borders of Our Lives
The writer of ‘The Ghosts of Lote Bravo’ talks about embracing her heritage and depicting the pain of exploited women.
Lee Pace, Not Your Regular Joe
A role as the gay Mormon lawyer in ‘Angels in America’ on Broadway brings the Texas-born actor back to a play that helped make him an actor.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From an IT director to a sound/media designer, from a scenic artist to an administrator, check out this month’s cohort of theatre people you should know.
Marin Ireland: Stepping In and Stepping Up
Ireland will reprise her role in Martyna Majok’s ‘Ironbound’ this month at Geffen Playhouse.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From a computer wiz to a sculptor, from a playwright to a professor, check out this month’s cohort of theatre workers you should know.
Natasha Trethewey: Say It, Say It Again
The poet’s haunting ‘Native Guard,’ now a theatre piece at the Alliance, goes to the Civil War and back.
Alan Mandell: Uncluttering Desks, Interpreting Beckett
The nonagenarian actor explains how his willingness to answer a phone and his inability to drive led him to some happy accidents.
Push and Pull: Dominique Morisseau’s ‘Pipeline’
How the playwright came to write her searing and sweeping play, and why she cares as much about her audience’s dialogue as her own.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From a Cape Cod playwright to a versatile Chicago director, from a D.C. producer to an Austin production coordinator, here are some folks you should have on your radar.