The Shows That Reloaded the Canon for the 21st Century
To compile this list of the new millennium’s influential plays and musicals, we turned to industry workers, leaders, and observers to come up with 50 that pushed theatre forward.
All Stories About Paula Vogel
Sarah Mantell, Illustrator-Turned-Playwright
The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning playwright talks about a life-changing course with Paula Vogel, San Francisco, post-grad revelations, the Kilroys, joy, and loss.
Mark Brokaw: Class, Wit, and True Collaboration
A friend and colleague remembers the director as a private but passionate man who treated new plays like classics, and classics like new plays.
Paula Vogel, Tina Landau, and the Room That Made ‘Mother Play’
A far-ranging conversation about their common approach to text as a springboard, why they’re past theory, and how they introduced Jessica Lange to Viewpoints.
Nicole Watson Wants Playwrights’ Center to Be a Lighthouse
In her early days as the org’s producing artistic director, she discusses process and the state of new-play development in American theatre.
This Month in Theatre History
California gets its first theatre and a grand pageant, a choreographer preserves classic Broadway dance, and an early Paula Vogel work is staged in Canada.
3 Ways to Tell Stories of Sexual Abuse Onstage
The writers of ‘Vatican Falls,’ ‘How I Learned to Drive,’ and ‘Downstate’ take varied approaches to depicting pedophiles—and reckoning with what they deserve.
McCarter, Paula Vogel’s Bard at the Gate Partner for 8 Digital Productions
The virtual start-up from Paula Vogel will work with the McCarter for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons, starting with a re-release of Eisa Davis’s ‘Bulrusher.’
Rachel Lynett Wins Yale Drama Series Prize
Her ‘Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You Too August Wilson)’ imagines a protected Black state founded after a second Civil War.
Center Theatre Group Announces 2020-21 Lineup
The company’s virtual platform will feature archived stage productions, audio plays, and new works by the CTG Creative Collective.
