#TCG18 Closing Plenary: We End How We Began
Samples of St. Louis stage work and an award for the Kranzberg Foundation highlighted both the city’s triumphs and its challenges.
All Stories About Showcase
#TCG18 Plenary 2: Data Points and Lived Legacies
Awards for Black Rep’s Ron Himes and Ten Thousand Things’ Michelle Hensley, and Jer Thorp’s ‘data humanism.’
#TCG18 Plenary 1: Not Everything Is Lost
The opening event of the 2018 TCG National Conference, headlined by Naomi Shahib Nye, found poetry and persistence in storytelling.
May Adrales Is Branching Out
This year’s recipient of the Alan Schneider Director Award at #TCG18 has grown into an expert on collaboration and leadership.
Theatres of Color Gather for Historic St. Louis Meeting
For the first time in 15 years, dozens of arts organizations of color convened to share challenges, practices, and community.
A Trip to Kigali, Where the Past Is Still Present
Why I followed the playwrights and director of ‘Red Hills,’ En Garde Arts’ new play about the Rwandan genocide, in a pilgrimage to the country where it’s set.
The Way Idris Goodwin Moves
With works like ‘How We Got On’ and ‘This Is Modern Art,’ his plays are an intoxicating mix of hip-hop and social history.
Dream Ballet Vs. Steam Heat
Two new dance biographies show what we can (and can’t) learn from the revolutionary choreography of Agnes de Mille and Bob Fosse.
This Month in Theatre History
From the beginnings of Interlochen and the Ohio summer tradition ‘Tecumseh!’ to Deaf West’s Broadway debut, summer was off to a hot start with these June milestones.
Tina Landau, World Builder
The ‘SpongeBob’ director has built a career on experimentation, even within traditional forms. Her next assignment: a musical of ‘Dave.’