It Didn’t Have to Be This Way
Is live entertainment really going to be the only industry that is not put on a path to safely reopen? We need and deserve better.
Opinion
It’s Bodies That Are Tripping Us Up
Men may feel threatened by strong women, but women know in their bodies who the real threat is.
The Disability Scorecard: Are You Doing a Panel, or Actually Doing Something?
Want to make disabled artists and audiences more than symbols or afterthoughts? Here’s the minimum you can do (and you really should do more than the minimum).
Theatre in Belarus: We Will Never Be the Same
Even the country’s apolitical state theatres are joining the countrywide protest against the power grab by the Putin-backed dictator Lukashenko.
Me Here, You There: What Happens Between Us in the Dark
What are we doing in the theatre? The clues are in what our art is made of: bodies, words, and a third thing that is neither and both of them.
A Trio of Fighters: Gregory, Blau, and Freedman
Three books look at the lives and impact of three influential 20th-century directors.
Teach Them How to Say Goodbye: Why I Left the Theatre Company I Founded
Sometimes the best thing you can do for a theatre company you’ve built is to leave it for others to make their own.
Racism Shouldn’t Have to Be My Muse
Black trauma demands and deserves creative expression, but our lives are about so much more than tragedy.
An Open Letter to the Senators of the 116th Congress: Fund the Arts
The arts are not a luxury but a huge economic engine for America’s cities and towns, and a reflection of our national culture. They deserve your unstinting support.
Artists of the World, Unite!
As we face another Depression, can we dream of a new Federal Theatre Project? Any such hope begins with political organizing onstage and off.