Jessica Stone: Ready for a Long Conversation at La Jolla Playhouse
For this actor-turned-director, the job of running one of the U.S.’s biggest nonprofit theatres is less about finding an artistic home for herself than making a home for others.
For this actor-turned-director, the job of running one of the U.S.’s biggest nonprofit theatres is less about finding an artistic home for herself than making a home for others.
With an intimate new staging of Ibsen’s thorny ‘Ghosts,’ the versatile director and seasoned producer, who’s nearing the end of his LCT tenure, are not going quietly.
Bookended with plays by Black women writers across the span of a century, this month’s survey includes the founding of an influential political theatre, a path-breaking First Nations narrative, and more.
October recalls the extraordinary career of a 19th-century performer, the founding of both an Indianapolis institution and a West Coast bilingual theatre project, as well as the premieres of 2 very different works by queer Latinas on the East Coast.
A director with bicoastal credits and extensive experience developing new work, she will succeed NYTW’s longtime leader Jim Nicola.
From festival readings to benefit cabarets, on-demand stage captures to immersive soundscapes, there’s no shortage of at-home theatre.
Formerly incarcerated individuals and corrections officials make a strong case.
Also on the slate are the West Coast premiere of ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ and world premieres by CJ Lee, Laurel Ollstein, and Ken Ludwig.
Our magazine doesn’t include the Bard on its annual most-produced lists, but this year he snuck his way to the top anyway.
The slate includes new plays by José Cruz González and Anna Zeigler, and a musical based on ‘Benny & Joon.