How Contemporary Playwrights Are Re-defining the Living-Room Play
Anti-realist playwrights like Will Eno, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Young Jean Lee and Taylor Mac are taking the living-room drama and giving it an ironic spin
Anti-realist playwrights like Will Eno, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Young Jean Lee and Taylor Mac are taking the living-room drama and giving it an ironic spin
Next season at the Oregon theatre will include world premieres from Sean Graney, Marisela Treviño Orta and Lisa Loomer, plus the completion of Shakespeare's canon for the fourth time.
In her new play, Young Jean Lee explores notions of privilege and identity by conducting an anthropological study of a very particular demographic.
In addition to 'Treasure Island' by Mary Zimmerman, the Chicago ensemble will present works from Federico GarcÃa Lorca and Kevin Douglas.
The Boston theatre's 2015--16 season includes 'Peter and the Starcatcher,' 'Mr. Burns, a post-electric play,' a new play by Katori Hall and more.
Next season at the Massachusetts theatre will contain world premieres from Sean Daniels, Idris Goodwin and Lila Rose Kaplan.
The D.C. theatre's new season will include a world premiere by Martyna Majok, plus Suzan-Lori Parks's 'Father Comes Home From the Wars.'
Nina Raine's 'Tribes,' Richard Bean's 'One Man, Two Guvnors,' 'Evita' and 'Mary Poppins' will also be part of the Austin theatre's next season.
The longtime actor never intended to be a director, but when his husband's musical needed a leader, he stepped up and found a new passion.
The California summer theatre's 2015 season will include "August: Osage County," "Green Grow the Lilacs" and an "As You Like It" set in the post-Civil War South.
The Rhode Island theatre's new season will include 'Julius Caesar,' Wendy Wasserstein, and the return of directors/choreographers Richard and Sharon Jenkins.
Cleveland Playhouse will present a mix of contemporary and classic plays during its 2015-16 season
This week's glance at theatre across the country includes a touch of the spiritual, with God, the apocalypse and angels (in America), plus "Women Playing Hamlet."
World premiere plays by Paula Vogel, Jiehae Park and Jen Silverman will play in the New Haven theatre's 2015--16 season.
The writer/performer explains his fascination with the vintage film actress who inspired his new play at Abrons Arts Center.
For his play at Kitchen Dog Theater, Trull adapts 'The Importance of Being Earnest' for the selfie generation.
In her first play for the Humana Festival, Jen Silverman pays a tribute to badass women in their 50s.
The 2015-16 season at the Chicago theatre will include a world premiere play about Hillary Clinton by Lucas Hnath, plus Sarah Gubbins takes on guns
The Peninsula Players Theatre will feature productions of "A Real Lulu," "Lend Me a Tenor," "Dial M for Murder," "Outside Mullinger" and "Nunsense" during its 2015--16 season.
the Honolulu-based company, which programs shows for young audiences, will present six new works in its 2015--16 season.
The prize includes a $25,000 commission.
Northlight Theatre's 2015-16 season will feature both classic drama and a fourth world premiere by Bruce Graham.
The co-artistic director of Penumbra Theatre Company was one of the 23 leaders awarded the $100,000 fellowship.
Two groups united in the fight for gender parity in the theatre joined forces for a reading series, and they've only just begun.
The Rochester-based theatre will present 'Spamalot,' Benjamin Scheuer's 'The Lion' and Lisa Peterson and Lisa O'Hare's 'An Iliad.'