‘Native Gardens’: Building the (Botanical) Wall
This spring, Karen Zacarías’s popular play is going up at three different theatres, and raises a prescient dialogue about border disputes and neighborly conduct.
Production Notebook
A monthly look behind the scenes of a production, from rehearsal to reviews.
Reading a Family in ‘The Book of Joseph’
The production at Everyman Theatre delved into a painful Holocaust history—and into its narrator’s reluctance to confront it.
Law of Nations
At Arena Stage, Mary Kathryn Nagle’s ‘Sovereignty’ set out to reclaim Native stories—and bodies.
The Better ‘Angels’ of Our Nature
A new Atlanta revival of Kushner’s epic asks the big questions and finds fresh answers.
‘Wild Party’ Planners
How Denver’s Off-Center program turned a Jazz Age nervous breakdown into an immersive spectacle.
Space Exploration in Theatre Ninjas’ Immersive ‘Don’t Wander Off’
The Cleveland troupe’s summer show took audiences on an interactive, RPG-inspired journey to a new world.
A Two-Way Mirror Held Up to Hamlet’s Nature
At Idaho Shakespeare Festival, alternating Hamlets mined the role’s duality—and not just along gender lines.
Rock Lightning in a Bottle
Local indie band Blitzen Trapper made a big sci-fi show, ‘Wild and Reckless,’ at Portland Center Stage. But was it theatre?
How Rude Mechs Built a ‘Mountain’ to Scale
The Austin-based company bid farewell to their home base, the Off Center, with an irreverent ode to impermanence.
Props for a No-Props ‘Carousel’ at Arena Stage
The minimalist production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic brought the story to life through mime and movement.