Cripping Richard III: What Disabled Actors Bring to the Role
Shakespeare’s iconic villain has always been disabled, but increasingly the actors playing him—and the productions and adaptations they star in—reflect disability aesthetics and activism.
All Stories About Mike Lew
The Shows That Got Away and/or Found a Way
A look at 8 shows that the pandemic cut short, what’s happened to them since, and what might be next.
On the Road With ‘Teenage Dick’
A co-production among Woolly Mammoth, the Huntington, and Pasadena Playhouse gives new life to Mike Lew’s disability-themed spin on ‘Richard III.’
Guggenheim Announces 2021 Fellows, Including 5 Theatre Artists
This year’s theatre fellows include L. M. Bogad, Rebecca Schneider, Mike Lew, Kaneza Schaal, and Sarah Cameron Sunde.
Theatre People: We Got This!
How our theatre skills can help us adapt to this enforced time indoors.
The Kleban Foundation Announces 2020 Winners
Lyricist Daniel Messé and co-librettists Rehana Lew Mirza and Mike Lew are this year’s awardees.
Audible Announces Second Cohort of Playwrights
The audio book producer will support the development of 10 new theatre works.
The Subtext: Mike Lew
Brian James Polak interviews the author of ‘Teenage Dick’ about disabled representation onstage, and also about writing ‘structure-less joke-fests.’
The Lark Announces Recipients of Venturous Playwrights Fellowship
Olivia Dufault, Mike Lew, and Susan Soon He Stanton will develop new plays as part of the inaugural fellowship.
Mike Lew’s Rattled Hymn of a Tiger Cub
In ‘Tiger Style!’ the playwright takes a personal look at the Tiger Mother, and how success and happiness don’t always go hand-in-hand.
