So Let the Fireworks Come
Counter-programming the semiquincentennial with an older and deeper story that can’t be untold.
Category Archives: Summer 2026
An Excerpt From ‘Antíkoni’
This adaptation of Sophocles’s ‘Antigone’ centers a Nez Perce-Cayuse family tearing itself apart over the fate of ancestral remains.
An Excerpt From ‘Yuchewahkénh (Bitter)’
Vickie Ramirez’s play explores the erasure of Indigenous women, and what it takes to claim your voice and your culture.
That Banyan Tree
This creative work from Lee Cataluna explores what Maui means to the world in the wake of the Lahaina fires.
The Quotable Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Now Onstage In Little Rock
Arkansas Rep artistic director Steve H. Broadnax III has written a new show about a local hero who went from a sharecropper’s farm to the heights of state and federal government.
Talene Monahon: Meaning in Armenian
The writer of ‘Meet the Cartozians’ chats with her leading actress about the history behind the play, the complicated effects of assimilation, and Armenian pride and trauma.
Phamaly’s ‘504: The Musical’ Makes a Sit-In Sing
A vital yet often-overlooked disability-rights protest in San Francisco in 1977 is musicalized at Denver’s Phamaly Theatre Company.
People to Watch: Phanésia Pharel
The Haitian American playwright reflects on female empowerment and her wishes for change in the industry as her play ‘Dead Girl’s Quinceañera’ makes the rounds this fall.
People to Watch: Bernardo Cubría
A year after the Los Angeles wildfires, the playwright reflects on community and responsibility with ‘The People of Pompeii.’
Where Do We Go From Here?
The articles in our Summer 2026 issue are underpinned by questions about who we’ve been—and who we might yet become.
