‘CO2020’: Theatrical Postcards From a Rocky Year in Colorado
How Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company crowdsourced a docutheatre piece on how a year of COVID, racist violence and protest, and political division felt in their state.
Previews
‘Disclaimer’ Turns the Spotlight on Its Audience
Can a culturally appropriative murder mystery in the guise of a cooking class prevent war with Iran? Piehole’s interactive new Zoom play aims to find out.
A ‘[hieroglyph]’ From a Prior Apocalypse
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre and San Francisco Playhouse come together for a filmed co-production of Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s play.
Home Theatre, Literally
Theatre Horizon’s Art Houses program partners with local families to devise virtual performances on their home turf.
Starting Conversations With ‘Manic Monologues’
An interactive web portal combines theatre and education in an effort to destigmatize mental illness.
A ‘Capsule’ of a Tense Year, Captured on Film
Theatre artists Whitney White and Peter Mark Kendall made a show for Under the Radar that tests the bounds of their form, and of their friendship.
Sound and Fury, Emphasis on the Sound
A surround-sound experiment audio play promises to put listeners inside the story of ‘Macbeth.’
‘Miscast’ Is Finally Ready for Its Closeup
The postponed MCC gala, originally set for April, will play recorded songs for a wide web audience.
Saheem Ali’s ‘Richard II’: What Does Authority Sound Like?
The director rounds out a stellar season with a radio rendering of a play salvaged from the Public Theater’s canceled Shakespeare in the Park season.
Hearing History Tick in Steppenwolf’s Audio-Only ‘American Clock’
The Chicago company records a starry, large-cast revival of Arthur Miller’s late work, set amid economic hardship that has fresh resonance.