This busy performer-producer set out to establish a company for Asian American actors, and ended up a New York City theatre staple herself. When Mia Katigbak—veteran downtown New York theatre actor ...
The artistic director’s departure, after just 3 years, from the helm of the D.C.’s flagship theatre has ignited a debate about the American theatre’s systemic challenges. So what happened at this ...
A roundup of comings and goings at the top of U.S. theatre institutions. CHICAGO: The Albany Theater Project (APTP) has announced leadership transitions as the company approaches its 30th anniversary.
One warm afternoon in early June, the churchgoers at Montreal’s Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur (a room built for the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in the 19th century) all turned in unison, as if ...
A human resources tangle among tech workers is at the heart of Geetha Reddy’s new comedy at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Geetha Reddy’s new play began with a problematic cancellation. If that sounds ...
How did they do it? How did women in the past come together across ideological differences to create a social movement? And in the 21st century, where do American women find public justice and real ...
This month Brian talks to the author of ‘Light Switch’ and ‘Berrywild’ about autism, mentorship, and learning to live alongside cringe. Each month on The Subtext, Brian speaks with a playwright about ...
In 2017, MILCK (Connie K. Lim) and AG (Adrianne Gonzalez)’s song “Quiet,” about MILCK’s journey of surviving domestic violence, became a protest anthem at the D.C. Women’s March. Inspired by that ...
In November 1985, American Theatre magazine’s second year of existence, Emily Mann’s Execution of Justice appeared in its pages. It was the first full play text the magazine had published. Below is a ...
An L.A. tribute to Harold Clurman, a transition for N.Y.’s Nathan Leventhal, and other updates. A true resident theatre actor, she will be greatly missed by all who collaborated with her or saw her ...
The 95-year-old actor reflects on her rich and rewarding stage career, and the life it drew from and made for her. For more than 70 years, Lois Smith has been delivering performances that have the ...
Les Waters and Lucas Hnath met at Actors Theatre of Louisville in 2012, when Waters had just stepped into the artistic director position and Hnath’s play Death Tax was part of the Humana Festival of ...