Gimme Some Truth, or Make ’Em Laugh?
From goofy musicals to meaty and instructive dramas, 4 shows stand in for the disparate ambitions and uses of theatre.
All Stories About Theatre for a New Audience
Awoye Timpo on Love, Hate, and Alice Childress’s ‘Wedding Band’
As the director of a new production at TFANA, Timpo joins the project of belatedly celebrating a great but largely overlooked American playwright.
Hath Not a Jew Roles? A Case for Authentic Jewish Casting
Not every Jewish role needs to be cast with Jewish actors, but for plays with antisemitic elements, strong Jewish representation is a must.
Offscript: Jokes and Epiphanies With Will Eno
The playwright of ‘Middletown’ and ‘Thom Pain’ talks about his new Ibsen adaptation, ‘Gnit,’ the often winding pursuit of the self, and the lessons of community.
‘Fefu’ and Her Pleasures
How Fornés’s landmark play can teach us to imagine different ways of living, fighting, and making theatre.
Caryl Churchill’s ‘Mad Forest’ Gets Ready for Its Close-Up
A Zoom production by Bard College students gets a second life as a TFANA co-presentation, with sets, lights, props, and live editing.
Fefu’s Friends, Old and New
Artists behind the 1977 premiere of María Irene Fornés’s groundbreaking play compare notes with artists from a new revival.
An Adrienne Kennedy State of Mind
The subject of our September cover is a fiercely individual American master.
Unraveling the Landscape: A Conversation With Adrienne Kennedy
The author of ‘He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box’ talks about the play’s inspiration, her extraordinary parents, and her love for literature and old movies.
In ‘Fairview,’ the Light of Truth and Its Reflection
If people of color were able to speak freely in a theatrical space, what would we say? Jackie Sibblies Drury’s play offers a compelling answer.
