Finding Her Way to ‘Dry Land’
Playwright Ruby Rae Spiegel speaks with a former teacher and mentor about the gestation of her strikingly honest play about high school friendships.
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Playwright Rajiv Joseph Wonders: How Do Two Men Kill Beauty?
In his funny, heartrending new play ‘Guards at the Taj,’ the writer of ‘Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo’ and ‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ asks big questions through two small lives.
The Future of the Past in Jordan Harrison’s ‘Marjorie Prime’
A new play about loss and memory contemplates a world full of eternal afterimages—‘primes’—that can learn to look and act like us. But how will they feel?
Young Jean Lee Gets Into the Minds of ‘Straight White Men’
In her new play, Young Jean Lee explores notions of privilege and identity by conducting an anthropological study of a very particular demographic.
Conor McPherson Searches for God in ‘The Night Alive’
The Irish playwright talks about the ‘supernaturalism of the everyday,’ and about structure and ghosts and Dickens.
Katori Hall’s Raptures of the Spirit in ‘Our Lady of Kibeho’
The author of ‘The Mountaintop’ talks about the inspiration and research for her new play, based on a true story from Rwanda.
Taylor Mac's 'Hir': Just Your Average Kitchen-Sink, Genderqueer Family Drama
The performance artist-turned-playwright wrote his first naturalistic play about gender, family and trans issues, and along the way he fell in love with the form.
The Personal Is Political in Ayad Akhtar’s ‘Disgraced’
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author talks about unsettling his audience and repainting the Muslim image in the West.
Believers Vs. Believers in Lucas Hnath’s ‘The Christians’
A new play about a doctrinal controversy at one megachurch cracks open conversations about difficult emotions.
Lauren Gunderson’s ‘I and You’ Sings a Song of Whitman, With a Twist
A play about teens bonding over ‘Leaves of Grass’ weaves together Jerry Lee Lewis, Coltrane, and some spooky poetic serendipities.
