Talene Monahon: Meaning in Armenian
The writer of ‘Meet the Cartozians’ chats with her leading actress about the history behind the play, the complicated effects of assimilation, and Armenian pride and trauma.
The writer of ‘Meet the Cartozians’ chats with her leading actress about the history behind the play, the complicated effects of assimilation, and Armenian pride and trauma.
A vital yet often-overlooked disability-rights protest in San Francisco in 1977 is musicalized at Denver's Phamaly Theatre Company.
A year after the Los Angeles wildfires, the playwright reflects on community and responsibility with 'The People of Pompeii.'
The articles in our Summer 2026 issue are underpinned by questions about who we’ve been—and who we might yet become.
For our guest columnist’s final column (for now), she reconnects with past students and asks teachers how they’re educating a new generation.
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For theatre teachers, summer is the time to inhale, recharge, and remember what it’s like to be a student.
A new bio-musical at Arena Stage throws it back to the ’90s with the groundbreaking girl group TLC.
A roundup of the countless projects celebrating America's 250th birthday this summer and beyond.
Sarah Gancher's hootenanny-inspired, Arkansas-set adaptation of 'Eugene Onegin' gets the Rachel Chavkin immersive treatment at TheatreSquared.
Why the theatre industry’s new-play push hasn’t improved the playwrights’ lot.
As several instructive case studies show, hope springs eternal for today's theatremakers, even amid steep challenges.
Participating in poetry is key in Carissa Atallah's new play about a DACA college student that takes inspiration from spoken-word competitions.
A conversation about abolition, family, and how to hold the past in the present.
One of three plays in InterAct Theatre Company's Philly Cycle, 'Seng's Hair Salon' blends salon life, unaddressed trauma, and inspiration from Philly's Southeast Asian communities.
Poised between island and mainland, Boricua artists create work that feels like home wherever they are.
The Dallas-based playwright and theatre leader has an eye and ear for detail, including in his new play about Malcolm X and Redd Foxx.
Yosimar Reyes's new play at Teatro Visión in San Jose explores the inter-generational defenses of Latine folks targeted by ICE raids.
A new musical about a gay teen's coming-out journey premieres at Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City.
Theatres across Minnesota have closed for the day during the state's general strike against ICE's violence.
At Atlanta's Theatrical Outfit, playwright Steve Yockey tells a new horror comedy about a couple caught between classes.
The playwright talks about how she channeled her anger about our nation's gun violence epidemic into an audacious, imaginative play seen through the eyes of a child.
They help hire actors; they also mostly work for hire. What can casting directors tell us about the industry's health and future?
Visionary artistic directors' departures, new execs at summer play festivals, and other comings and goings at the top of U.S. theatre institutions.
Nearly 4 decades ago, Philip Kan Gotanda's play tackled Hollywood's Asian American stereotypes. A recent L.A. revival hit different, for better and worse.
An interview by director Yury Urnov with the playwright of 'My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion,' which appears in our Fall 2025 issue.
The House's proposed FY26 appropriations bill would slash federal arts and humanities funding by 35 percent.
The new year-round cultural hub will be home to ACK Theatre Company, while welcoming other cultural organizations, festivals, and artistic endeavors to Nantucket.
His plans to trim $11.5 million from the state budget would eviscerate the state's new Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund, designed to help arts employers pay workers a fair wage.
It's a new position at St. Paul's Jewish-centered theatre company.
Begun as a flagship program of HowlRound Theatre Commons, the LTC will begin independent operations on July 1.
Brandon Powers's new effort puts classic play readings within the action-packed world of the blockbuster game, and audiences can follow on Twitch.
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
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After five years of service, Becker will focus on her own writing and projects.
Now in its fifth year, this digital festival marks the first cross-theatre partnership and will be available to stream starting Nov. 18.
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
After 49 years with the company, managing artistic director Claassen will be succeeded by Betsy Kruse Craig.
Ingui will serve as the organization's managing director, operations & advancement, starting this November.
With support from the Ford Foundation, Theatre Futures invites thought leaders in the arts and beyond to reflect on our next chapter.
The question isn't whether we can break out of theatre's dominant paradigms but how---and who will lead the charge.
Creating pathways to healthy and sustainable careers means shifting to human-centered art-making.
The key to a thriving theatre education is space for experimentation.
Picture a world where the live arts are an integral part of our civic and mental health.
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