Ma-Yi Theatre Announces 2015–16 New Play Season
The season includes a A. Rey Pamatmat world premiere, a new play by Nandita Shenoy, and the return of a favorite by Lloyd Suh.
The Top 10 Most-Produced Plays of the 2015–16 Season
Ayad Akhtar’s ‘Disgraced,’ a new entry, tops the list, alongside other new entries and some returning favorites.
The Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights of the 2015–16 Season
This year’s top playwright won a Pulitzer for his first play (and we published it).
Bill Rauch: Oregon Shakes’s ‘And’ Man
The theatre’s idealistic leader isn’t resting on its considerable laurels but pushing it to be more, and do more, all the time.
Onstage This Week: Sept. 14–20
It’s a dramatic week from Kansas City to Knoxville, with spy capers, 19th-century marriage plots, and a search for a Tibetan lama.
‘Pot Mom’ Gets Relit in Nashville, and I’m Having Flashbacks
Justin Tanner’s great 1990s comedies taught me about the beautiful impermanence of theatre. But artists keep creating, and plays can be revived. Maybe you can go home again.
Philadelphia Fringe: It’s a Party, It’s a Sporting Event, It’s a Moving Target
The annual festival takes over the ‘City of Neighborhoods’ with new work and new forms.
A Cast of Cast-Aside Characters in Lisa Loomer’s ‘Homefree’
The city-bred playwright has gotten to know another America in rural Oregon, where both liberal and conservative communities are failing their young people.
Offscript: Paula Vogel’s Martini Recommendations
This week, Paula Vogel sits down for a Manhattan and some conversation about MFA programs, artists’ compensation, and her newest play “Indecent.” Plus the editors talk Lucas Hnath’s “The Christians” and other religion-themed plays.
About Face Youth Program to Receive $25,000 Grant From LGBT Fund
The gift will fund the theatre’s education and outreach programs for LGBT youth.
