Discover our full interview with Arena Stage Artistic Director, Molly Smith as she shares her thoughts on theatre creation and her journey to Arena Stage. Learn about Arena's development and…
In this extended interview, playwright Hilary Bettis discusses her process for writing The Ghosts of Lote Bravo. Between learning more about her own family history and developing/reworking t…
JACOB G. PADRON (Artistic Director of Long Wharf Theatre) and BARBARA WHITMAN (lead producer of A Strange Loop) work with emerging creators on how to deliver strong, compelling pitches to pr…
The partnership between the director and the designers of a play is crucial for the life and success of a run. This is especially true when your set takes on major characterizations, surrou…
Help Us Say Goodbye to The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and celebrate Phantom's 35 Historic Years on Broadway. To watch full episode of Working in the Theatre featuring Phantom: https:…
Nothing is rotten in the state of North Carolina: A backyard barbecue, tacky wedding decor, groovy apparitions, an inappropriate lap dance, a pointed karaoke rendition of Radiohead's "Creep,…
Have you heard the one about the Jewish comedian and the white supremacists? Sounds like the setup for a joke"and, in a way, it is. It's also the building block for a sensational one-man sho…
In the early days of the pandemic, when all of theater had shut down and a sense of terrible despair and isolation was thick in the air, one company bravely formed to remind us of what hope,…
We sit in a steep bowl, surrounded by 12 singers and six musicians. For the next 90 minutes, in both English and Latin, we are taken on a cosmic musical journey, contemplating the experience…
Nothing is rotten in the state of North Carolina: A backyard barbecue, tacky wedding decor, groovy apparitions, an inappropriate lap dance, a pointed karaoke rendition of Radiohead's "Creep,…
Authentic new plays are a demanding process, and they call for a director with a sixth sense. One who can navigate the multilayered sediment of poetry on the page, while creating an authenti…
Lizan Mitchell wins an Obie for her performance in On Sugarland (NYTW). They are the keepers of memory for a community whose rich history could become burdened by immeasurable grief. Sister…
Digital+Virtual+Hybrid Production: Sarah Gancher (Writer), Jared Mezzocchi and Elizabeth Williamson (Directors) Russian Troll Farm (The Civilians, Theater Works Hartford, and TheatreSquared)…
Sanaz Toossi wins Obie Awards for Best New American Play for English (Atlantic Theater Company). In a play about language, every word counts. So, when a playwright tackles identity, intelli…
Stephanie Berry wins Obie Award for her performance in On Sugarland (NYTW). They are the keepers of memory for a community whose rich history could become burdened by immeasurable grief. Si…
Kara Young wins for her Performance in Twelfth Night (The Classical Theatre of Harlem). Whether this actor was shivering post-shipwreck, dashing about in disguise, or dueling with lightsabe…
Creative Team and Ensemble of English (The Atlantic Theater) Knud Adams (Directing), Marsha Ginsberg (Set Design), Enver Chakartash (Costume Design), Reza Behjat (Lighting Design), Sinan Ref…
The Classical Theatre of Harlem with The Ross Wetzsteon Award at the Obie Awards. Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Euripides reinvented, refocused, and revitalized by contemporary Black voices a…
Shaina Taub (Music and Lyrics) for collaboration in the adaptation of As You Like It (The Public) "All the world's a stage." When Shakespeare wrote it, could he ever have imagined it becom…
Laurie Woolery (Director) for collaboration in the adaptation of As You Like It (The Public). "All the world's a stage." When Shakespeare wrote it, could he ever have imagined it becoming …
Brittany Bradford wins Obie for her Performance in Wedding Band (Theatre For a New Audience). Captivating. Heartbreaking. Transcendent. Those were just a few of the adjectives applied to th…
Digital+Virtual+Hybrid Production: Modesto Flako Jimenez (Creator and Writer) Taxilandia (Oye Group | NYTW | Bushwick Starr | The Tank) "Under the seeming disorder of the old city, whereve…
Martyna Majok wins Obie for Playwriting for Sanctuary City (New York Theater Workshop - NYTW). Fractured scenes featuring two teens traverse time and place at lightning speed, while repetit…
The Sol Project wins Theatre Company Obie Award. Transforming advocacy to a national theater movement with wide-ranging results sounds like an impossibility. And yet in just seven years, th…
Aya Ogawa for the Creation, Writing, and Direction of The Nosebleed (Lincoln Center Theater| Japan Society) Failure is almost always something we hide from each other, but this artist dare…