What’s in ‘HMong Futures’?
Katie Ka Vang’s play about a historic Twin Cities immigrant community became more timely than anticipated when their state was violently occupied.
Category Archives: Production Notebook
A deep dive behind the scenes of a production, from rehearsal to reviews.
Loop Dreams: The Long Journey of ‘Mexodus’
How Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson’s historical musical went from concept album to crackling live show to audio play with a timely tale of migrant and fugitive solidarity.
The Supernatural Scare Tactics of ‘Paranormal Activity’
When adapting a horror staple to the stage, the devil is in the details.
A ‘Dawg’ That Still Bites
Nearly 4 decades ago, Philip Kan Gotanda’s play tackled Hollywood’s Asian American stereotypes. A recent L.A. revival hit different, for better and worse.
Bringing It ‘Home’
With a play about homelessness at various non-theatrical locations, Out of Hand Theater created a useful fiction for real-life Atlantans.
Conflict and Community in ‘Someone Will Remember Us’
In a devised docu-theatre play earlier this year, Trinity Rep revisited a disastrous war—and a previous show—from all sides of the front line.
A New Way to Build ‘Frankenstein’
The Chicago-based nonprofit A.B.L.E.’s recent show piloted a new production process, aiming to expand the work of changing public perceptions of artists with disabilities.
The Undiscovered Country
Born in Covid lockdown, The Exodus Ensemble is shaking the New Mexico desert with immersive work, including their new ‘HAMLET.’
Do You Hear the People Sing?
In staging a revolution and its confusing aftermath, the musical ‘We Live in Cairo’ also seeks to dramatize the everyday life of Arabs.
The Sticking Place
Why and how Shakespeare Theatre Company took a starry, bloody, transatlantic ‘Macbeth’ to the warehouse.
