Eric Overmyer Made Language Sit Up and Bark
A colleague remembers the playwright of ‘On the Verge’ and ‘Native Speech,’ who also had a consequential TV career, for his seriousness, irony, and precision with words.
All Stories About Soho Rep
Soho Rep Announces Ambitious 3-Play Hunger Cycle
With support from the Civis Foundation, 3 world premieres across 3 seasons include a César Alvarez musical, a Native epic by Madeline Easley, and a site-specific immersive folk tale.
Soho Rep Is Not a Building, Soho Rep Had a Building
3 of the eulogies delivered as part of a farewell/send-off to Walkerspace, the longtime downtown venue of the path-breaking Off-Broadway theatre.
A Block From Shuttered Connelly, Wild Project Faces Possible Sale
It’s tough out there for Downtown NYC theatres, but one East Village venue is raising money to take control of their destiny.
NAMT Grants, Geffen Writers’ Room, and More
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
Soho Rep Takes a Sharp Turn Toward New Horizons
The downtown new-play mainstay will leave lower Manhattan to produce at the midtown theatre, in a limited but possibly transformative partnership.
Meropi Peponides’s Artistic Producing, at Soho Rep and Beyond
As 1 of 3 leaders at the influential NY theatre, she spent the last 4 years helping it realize outsized ambitions, both onstage and on the balance sheet.
The Subtext: The Time Kate Tarker Lost Her Paints
The playwright of ‘Montag’ and ‘THUNDERBODIES’ talks about insisting on sustainability, identifying as a writer, and the art of listening.
Les Waters: Theatre Spaces and Thin Places
In excerpts from a new book, the British-born director talks about childhood mysteries, the theatre buildings he’s worked in, and his fascination with erasure and contradictions.
How Raja Feather Kelly Fuses Dance to Theatre, and Vice Versa
When this go-to choreographer is doing his storytelling job right, you may not even notice the dancing at all—but he’s got more moves in store.
