The first thing we did was pour a libation, but instead of water or rum, we poured names. It was morning in San Juan. I had come to TCG’s National Conference to lead a practice lab called “Writing as ...

For our guest columnist’s final column (for now), she reconnects with past students and asks teachers how they’re educating a new generation. One of the most rewarding parts of my career as a high ...

What starts as a search for the perfect burger and a lost little brother leads a group of young friends on a journey of musical exploration and personal self-discovery. They are led to reflect upon ...

In its ’80s IP retro rush, is Broadway’s 2025-26 season simply offering brand-name escapism—or finding a reflection of, and a response to, our current age of anxiety? The 1980s promised us two ...

Signed by 250 Native and non-Native artists, the new effort and alliance calls on U.S. institutional theatre to produce Native-authored work and engage in authentic collaborations. NATIONWIDE: A new ...

When the resident company model was more prevalent in U.S. theatres, actors had the chance to put down roots in a community. Is that dream over? Rodney Witherspoon II started his post-college career ...

What’s in a beat? A percussive pulse, a musical rhythm, yes, but also a fragment of story. Indeed, if you talk to the folks behind the sensational new musical Mexodus—writer-performers Brian Quijada ...

Each month on The Subtext, Brian speaks with a playwright about life, writing, and whatever itches we are scratching. This time, he sits down with Sophie McIntosh, the playwright who co-founded Good ...

Each year the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize gives a $25,000 prize (and a signed Willem de Kooning print) to a woman+ playwright for an outstanding English-language play. It has typically alternated ...

2 playwrights talk to theatremakers in the West Bank and Gaza, who are continuing their resistance to occupation with their art and their witness. “I do not see our work as a luxury but as an act of ...

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 ...

To compile this list of the new millennium’s influential plays and musicals, we turned to industry workers, leaders, and observers to come up with 50 that pushed theatre forward. A lot can happen in ...