Jocelyn Bioh: Specific and Universal
The writer of ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ talks about her process, her curiosity about characters, and her play’s heartening success.
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The writer of ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ talks about her process, her curiosity about characters, and her play’s heartening success.
In his latest play, published in full in our Fall print edition, the writer/performer probes implicit ableism and the assumptions we make about people we’ll never really know.
A conversation with the writer of ‘Greater Clements’ about political plays, the dramatic form, and Idaho.
A conversation with the writer of ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’ about conversativism, Catholicism, and lingering in discomfort.
The author of ‘He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box’ talks about the play’s inspiration, her extraordinary parents, and her love for literature and old movies.
Jeremy O. Harris talks about the sexual politics of white supremacy, and about how he finds humor in horror (and vice versa).
A conversation with playwright Aleshea Harris about her play, which seeks to give a theatrical shape to rage and absurdity.
With her satire of performative wokeness, the Native American writer strives to subtly rewire audiences’ default responses.
A conversation with the playwright of ‘Cry it Out,’ a comedy/drama about bonds and conflicts among neighbors with young children.
A conversation with the playwright about epic theatre, political uplift, and why she doesn’t need “allies.”