Pacific Gets Specific: Life in the Details at New-Play Fest
The most recent edition of South Coast Rep’s annual play-development gathering showcased moving works about loss and reupped the theatre’s long-standing commitment to emerging writers.
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Under the Radar, Over the Hump: 3 Leaders in Dialogue
The directors of this iconic NYC festival, now a city-wide celebration since losing its longtime home, aren’t just planning next January’s programming but the fest’s next 20 years as well.
New Work Through New Eyes
2 theatremakers reflect on their weekend at the South Carolina New Play Festival, an inspiring first for one and a delightful return for the other.
Chicago’s Physical Theater Festival: Moving in Many Senses
This essential gathering, now in its 11th year, doesn’t just regularly break the fourth wall; it also breaks down theatrical and global barriers.
New Plays, Good Food, Great Plains: A Proven Recipe
While other new-work development hubs have dried up, the Great Plains Theatre Commons continues its convivial creative tradition with local and national support.
NYC’s January Festivals: Not Dead Yet
With Under the Radar bouncing back and Prototype and Exponential still going strong, it was challenging, surprising festival season all over again.
Intimate But Global: Mark Russell on the Return of Under the Radar
The festival’s leader accounts for what has been lost and gained from the “divorce” from the Public Theater, and what this year’s multi-venue iteration has in store.
Destinos Honors Ancestry, Posterity, y the Creative Alchemists de Hoy
This year’s 6th annual Latiné festival prepares to crack open the possibilities of the American theatre with ‘un poquito de todo.’
As Under the Radar Fest Goes Under, Whither Experimental Theatre?
The Public Theater’s abrupt cancellation of the influential new-works showcase raises questions about the future of innovative work in NYC and globally.
World Premiere Wisconsin: A Bold Idea, Locally Brewed
This 4-month state-wide celebration of theatrical abundance is already strengthening bonds among artists and audiences, all while keeping the focus on new writing.
