High Tide of Heartbreak
Has theatre wounded me as much as or more than it’s healed me?
First Person
ConFest 2018: The A(PI)-List
This year’s Chicago gathering of Asian American and Asian Pacific Islander theatremakers overflowed with dialogue, camaraderie, and activism.
Every Time It’s Personal
How my reporting on one man’s abuse got tangled up with my own grief.
ConeXion: Reflections on Carnaval 2018
Key takeaways from the Latinx Theatre Commons’s new-play fest in Chicago, where the focus was both national and hyper-local.
Reading Between the Lines of Rejection Letters
Is there a way to humanize playwrights’ familiar submission/rejection cycle? Remembering that there are human beings on both sides of the exchange can help.
The Enduring Lessons of ‘How I Learned to Drive’
My play about sexual assault has moved and inspired so many people, but first it rewrote me.
Stirred by ‘The Post’? You Need to Know About ‘Top Secret’
The new Spielberg film celebrates the freedom of the press, but a 1992 docudrama on the same subject delved deeper.
IP Made Simple: You Make It, You Own It
When people make exciting new work together at Dad’s Garage, why should we claim a piece of it?
’Cause That’s the Way Things Happen on the Polar Express
Playing a Steward in this immersive holiday show has been a moving experience—literally.
Shylock, Remade in the Venice Ghetto
What we learned about ‘Merchant of Venice’ by staging it in the city where it was set.