By Holly L. Derr. Holly Derr interrogates greenturgy at OSF and how stories can be used to reconnect people to their physical world.
By Carla Della Gatta, Marci R. McMahon. Carla Della Gatta and Marci R. McMahon look back on the 2017 Encuentro de las Américas International Theatre Festival that took place 2-12 November a…
By Maria Patrice Amon. Maria Patrice Amon describes how she developed and produced San Diego Repertory Theatre's first Latinx New Play Festival.
By Laura Shamas. Laura Shamas reports on the successes and challenges of launching the year-long social media campaign #52PlaysbyWomen.
By Jack Reuler. Jack Reuler discusses nearly two decades of incorporating work about, for, or with people with disabilities or on issues of disability at Mixed Blood Theatre.
By Holly L. Derr. Director and theatre professor Holly Derr gives advice on how to identify whether your theatre department might be ripe for sexual harrassment, and offers tangible steps fo…
By Adriana Gaviria. Adriana Gaviria speaks on how entertainment industry unions and institutions in the US can step up to better advocate for parent artists.
By Stephanie Hayes. Performer Stephanie Hayes reflects on how motherhood helped her reinvent her relationship to her own creativity.
By Ineke Ceder, Catherine Mueller. Continuing the series on parent-artists, Ineke Ceder and Catherine Mueller Melwani discuss how research can play a role in creating a bridge between the pa…
By Michael Lueger. Dr. Noe Montez of Tufts University joins us to talk about how Argentina's theatre have dealt with the legacy of the country's period of military dictatorship.
By Carmelita Becnel. Stage manager Carmelita Becnel reflects on the need to support mothers, women of color, and stage managers as creative collaborators in the rehearsal room.
By Devon Berkshire. Devon Berkshire lays out some tangible steps for decision-makers on creating a more family-friendly work environment.
By Rachel Spencer Hewitt. Rachel Spencer Hewitt, PAAL founder, kicks off the parent advocacy in the arts series with an overview of the history of PAAL and a rationale for family-friendly pr…
By Jonathan Mandell. Jonathan Mandell gets a grip on Glass Guignol: The Brother and Sister Play, a mashup with Tennessee Williams, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and cockroaches"the debut product…
By Precious Yamaguchi. Precious Yamaguchi takes part in Take Them Into the Dirt , a participatory production at OSF about legacy, storytelling, memory, and identity.
By Christine Wright. Christine Wright, member of the Northeast Ohio community theatre community, analyzes gender parity in recent NEO community theatre seasons.
By Michael Lueger. Amy Meyer joins us to talk about acrobatic accidents in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as what they tell us about our appetite for risky entertainme…
By Asif Majid. Asif Majid addresses some of the flaws in minority development programs and suggests some tips for how to improve such programs.
By Sara Brookner, Robbie McCauley. Sara Brookner talks to playwright and performer Robbie McCauley about her one-woman show Sugar, and the power of sharing our stories.
By Noe Montez. PhD programs in theatre and related areas of study are integral to the ecosystem of educational and not-for-profit theatre. Doctoral students in universities across the United…
By Les Hunter. What is being taught in playwriting classes on college campuses? Les Hunter compiled data from thirty syllabi from college classes to find out and compared the results to play…
By Jen Gushue, David Henry Hwang. Thirty years after M. Butterfly opened on Broadway, Jen Gushue interviews playwright David Henry Hwang about the 2017 revival.
By Tim Collingwood. Playwright and actor Tim Collingwood reflects on the workshop production of his play Depth Perception, a piece based on his experiences with Aspergers, and why he thinks …
By Talya Kingston. Talya Kingston reports on the BIRTH project, a UK-based initiative that features plays about reproductive justice written by an international group of women.
By Talleri McRae, Mickey Rowe, Landon G. Woodson. Talleri McRae interviews actors Mickey Rowe and Landon G. Woodson from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time about casting actor…
