Contemporary Plays, Teaching From the Page as Well as the Stage
The work of writers like Jackie Sibblies Drury, Annie Baker, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is riveting in the theatre, but the rewards of close reading shouldn’t be ignored.
All Stories About Annie Baker
The Subtext: Clare Barron’s Secret Sauce
Brian James Polak talks to the playwright of ‘Dance Nation’ and ‘You Got Older’ about memory, pain, and first drafts.
Annie Baker, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Take on the Fourth Wall
The acclaimed playwrights gather on Nov. 19 at the Center for Fiction to talk about realism and the fourth wall.
Annie Baker and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins to Join Faculty of UT Austin
The playwrights, both MacArthur fellows, will start at the university in the fall.
Annie Baker and Taylor Mac Receive MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants
The two theatre artists are among the 24 recipients of the 2017 MacArthur Fellowship, which comes with $625,000.
The Spring of Lila Neugebauer
The busy and passionate Off-Broadway director has built her career on ensembles and new work.
Sam Gold and Andrew Lieberman’s Boxed-In ‘Othello’
Why the director and designer, longtime collaborators, decided to serve up Shakespeare in a plywood container.
Presence, Perception, Purgatory: The New American Supernaturalism
Stephen Karam’s ‘The Humans,’ like Annie Baker’s ‘John,’ uses realism to sharpen our attention to something bigger.
Shrinking Space, Time Out of Mind
The paper of record dispenses with design credits, while ‘Futurity’ imagines a new musical theatre.
Let’s Be Realistic: Can Theatre Beat Film at Recreating Life?
The native language of theatre is artifice, but as Annie Baker’s ‘John’ proves, it doesn’t always feel that way.
