At the Verbatim Salon, Immigrants Speak Through Actors
A monthly gathering produced by the American Playwriting Foundation channels stories of the U.S. immigration system with the unique theatrical urgency of in-ear verbatim technique.
All Stories About immigration
A Truck Full of Props and Asian Joy
Gaven D. Trinidad’s ‘Learning to Read by Moonlight’ is being produced by 2 companies and staged at 3 different Boston locations, giving its themes of immigrant belonging a wide and hyper-local reach.
Barclay Goldsmith, Nurturer and Warrior
With his passing, we’ve lost a tireless advocate for the talent and potential of others, particularly those on the margins.
Immigrant Theatre Artists Join to Fight Xenophobia, Provide Resources
The new Immigrant Theatermakers Advocates initiative, grown out of programs by 2 New York companies, plans to build community and provide resources for immigrant artists.
The Borders of Our Lives: A Bilingual Dialogue About ‘The Frontera Project’
How 2 directors on either side of the U.S./Mexico border created a traveling theatre piece that both demystifies and complicates the stories of fronterizos.
Bilingual in Boston: Theatre By and For Immigrants
3 theatre companies have energized South Asian, Chinese, and Latin American audiences by staging plays in their first languages.
Martyna Majok’s ‘Cost of Living,’ in This Economy?
With a Broadway debut about disabled folks and their caretakers, the playwright of ‘Sanctuary City’ and ‘Ironbound’ is again writing at the margins.
An America of Color and Complication in ‘The Great Jheri Curl Debate’ and ‘Mushroom’
New plays at East West Players and People’s Light illuminate the collisions, and occasional solidarity, among people of color in a white-dominated culture.
Living the ‘¡Americano!’ Dream
Inspired by the story of a DREAMer from Arizona, a new musical makes a humanizing case for the undocument immigrants whose rights he now advocates for.
Dear American Theatre: Don’t Forget About Immigrant Artists
One writer’s extraordinary efforts to prove extraordinary ability for an O-1 visa.
