Online This Week: Naughty and Nice
New plays by Amir Nizar Zuabi and J. Nicole Brooks and a capture of Jefferson Mays’s ‘Christmas Carol’ are among the highlights of a busy week.
All Stories About Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Taking the Heat, and Leading Through Crises, at Oregon Shakes
In her and her team’s first season at OSF, Nataki Garrett has faced COVID and wildfires, challenges that have only intensified their ties to the community.
Unicorn at the Soup Factory
As a casting director, I’ve been in a unique position to advocate for TGNC actors—and for myself.
Tim Bond: Best-Laid Plans
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s new artistic director tries to balance with nimbleness with caution as he looks toward an uncertain future.
‘Find Joy in the Destruction of the Lie’
The complete text of speeches by Jamil Jude, Monique Holt, and Nikkole Salter that opened last week’s TCG 2020 virtual conference.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Names David Schmitz Executive Director
After 15 years at Steppenwolf, Schmitz will begin his new post at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in September.
Brooke Flanagan to Replace David Schmitz as Steppenwolf Exec Director
Flanagan succeeds David Schmitz to become the first woman to hold the title in the company’s 45-year history.
No Show
If we can’t have theatre until we can gather again safely, what are U.S. theatres and artists going to do in the meantime, and after?
The Quiet Passion of Doug Langworthy
A classicist at heart, the beloved dramaturg and translator was also a fierce champion and close reader of new work.
Remembering the Magic and Sweep of the Laird Williamson Touch
He started as an actor and became a visionary director of classics, chiefly though not exclusively by Shakespeare.