Letters: Mary Tyrone’s Ghost, Kennedy Center Agonistes
An appreciation for our George C. White tribute, and salutes to a worker who left a Trump-dominated cultural institution on principle.
All Stories About resistance
‘Fall of Freedom’ to Unite Artists For Nationwide Creative Resistance
A number of theatre artists and institutions have signed on to this decentralized, open-sourced initiative, and are inviting others to join in resistance.
A Jewish Testament: The Story of Ben Hecht’s ‘Warsaw Ghetto’
In 1943, when the horrors of the Holocaust were still not widely known, the famed screenwriter joined other big names for a pageant that toured the U.S. to raise awareness—and to celebrate resistance to the Nazis.
Pulling Focus
The challenge for artists: to keep our attention on human stories and larger questions, not on our distractor-in-chief.
Wide Awake in America
Why Suzan-Lori Parks decided to write a play every day during Trump’s first 100 days
In Search of the Resistance
For artists like Double Edge Theatre, Jean Claude van Itallie, and Bread & Puppet Theatre, theatrical protest is a tradition, not a trend.
