Emily Kaczmarek’s ‘Soft Target’: Sit With the Cost
The playwright talks about how she channeled her anger about our nation’s gun violence epidemic into an audacious, imaginative play seen through the eyes of a child.
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Lois Smith and the Work That Endures
The 95-year-old actor reflects on her rich and rewarding stage career, and the life it drew from and made for her.
Reggie D. White on Taking the Reins of Woolly Mammoth
The D.C. theatre’s incoming artistic director reflects on his path to leadership, the importance of risk-taking, and possibilities for brave new theatre.
On the Real With Stephen Adly Guirgis and Chris Gabo
The 2 playwrights compare notes on what they learned from TV writing, what they owe their community, and Gabo’s new play ‘The Surgeon and Her Daughters.’
Yale’s James Bundy: Daring and Caring
As he leaves the dual helm of the Geffen School of Drama at Yale and Yale Repertory Theatre after 24 years, he reflects on a career of leading and learning.
Theatre Critics Named at New York Times, New Yorker
Helen Shaw leaves The New Yorker for the Times’s top spot, while former NYer TV critic Emily Nussbaum will take over the mag’s theatre beat.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
This edition features leaders and artists who are standing out in the Boston theatre community.
Avery Willis Hoffman: Leading From Beyond the Stage
Court Theatre’s new artistic director talks theatre classics and joining a Chicago institution.
People to Watch: Hermenigildo Tesoro Jr.
Honolulu Theatre for Youth icon ‘Junior’ talks about his upcoming collection of tales from the Philippines, awe and honesty in TYA, and how theatre is like surfing.
Do Tell Mama: An Interview with Sasha Denisova
An interview by director Yury Urnov with the playwright of ‘My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion,’ which appears in our Fall 2025 issue.
