Lighting Designer: Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Curiosity, hard work, and a taste for experimentation mark her work in lighting, projection, and puppetry.
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6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From a lighting designer/electrician in Texas to a costumer in Chicago, here are some folks you should have on your radar.
LGBTQ Theatre, Emphasis on the Q
A new generation of theatremakers is ready to blow up the gay canon and reclaim a defiantly queer aesthetic.
This Month in Theatre History
From the beginnings of the Alley in Houston to Pan Asian Rep in NYC and Golden Thread in San Francisco, November was filled with theatrical milestones.
Showbiz Is Hell for Native Americans in ‘Don’t Feed the Indians’
Muriel Borst Tarrant’s new play at La MaMa, parodically reclaims Native tropes and distortions, with a nod to Dante.
La MaMa Acts Locally, Thinks Globally
How New York City’s landmark avant-garde hub maintains its links across nations and generations.
It’s All About the Execution in Belarus Free Theatre’s New ‘Trash Cuisine’
Hounded from their home country but staying together via Skype, Minsk’s toughest troupe is back in New York with another harrowing but mesmerizing piece.
Bringing Foreign Companies to the U.S., One Visa Application at a Time
As producers at LaMama learned with their triple ‘Tempest’ series, arranging for foreign artists to perform on U.S. soil can be a stormy process.
9 Magical Takes on 'The Tempest'
Nine adaptations of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” ranging from American Repertory Theater to Cornerstone Theater, that shows you don’t need to do it as a straight play, or set it in Italy, to make it magical (though you can add real magic if you’re really ambitious).
Catherine Filloux’s New Play Honors Victim of Civil Rights Movement
Catherine Filloux’s “Selma ’65,” set to run at La MaMa E.T.C., is about Viola Liuzzo and Tommy Rowe, both of whom were deeply involved in the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama.