Christina Anderson Wades Into the History of Swimming Pool Segregation
In ‘the ripple, the wave that carried me home,’ next playing at Kansas City Rep and Yale Rep, this busy playwright pens another piece inspired by history.
All Stories About activism
Let’s Put on a Phone Bank!
How a trio of New York theatre workers joined forces to create Amplifying Activists Together, a weekly online gathering to advance progressive causes.
Waterwell Launches National Series, ‘The Flores Exhibits’
The series highlights severe and inhumane conditions at U.S. immigration detention centers.
John O’Neal’s Invitation to Make the World a Better Place
Civil Rights activism and theatre were integrally intertwined in the life’s work of the founder of Free Southern Theater and Junebug Productions.
Small Change Adds Up
The dark tide we’re facing may break, though perhaps not before it’s managed to break things.
4 Ways Theatres Are Getting Out the Vote for the Midterms
If you’re gathering people for a common activity anyway, why not find ways to help them exercise one of their fundamental rights at citizens?
A Florida ‘Awakening’ in the Wake of Tragedy
The Stoneman Douglas school shooting and the #NeverAgain movement made a stark, stirring backdrop for a high school production of the coming-of-age musical.
Surprised That ‘Never Again’ Leaders Are Theatre Kids? I’m Not
Many of these Florida teen activists found their voice and their sense of community onstage.
Trump-ocalypse Now?
American plunder didn’t begin with this administration. Our theatrical dissent must be grounded in a holistic critique of state violence.
Complacency Is Not an Option
We must respond to this moment of division and despair by telling urgent stories, finding new voices, and fighting for our values.
