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Master Teaching Artist Mathilde Dratwa joined Roundabout's Teaching Artist roster in 2012. She leads a variety of workshops and residencies for students all over New York City. She currently…
MartÃn Zimmerman's On the Exhale draws audiences into the center of America's most divisive"and urgent"debate. Every day, 90 people die from gun violence, and from 1966 to 2012, nearly on…
With the world premiere of On the Exhale, we proudly welcome MartÃn Zimmerman to the Roundabout family and add him to the extraordinary list of playwrights to be produced through this pro…
Ted Sod: Where were you born and what made you decide to become and actress? Where did you get your training? Did you have any teachers who profoundly influenced you? Maria Dizzia: Â I was…
We are thrilled to announce a line-up of all new work Off-Broadway, including two commissions by Roundabout Underground alumni Lindsey Ferrentino (Ugly Lies the Bone) and Joshua Harmon (B…
The world premiere of If I Forget marks the third time that Roundabout is bringing Steven's work to the stage. I would say third time's the charm, but frankly, our first two outings with thi…
If I Forget began for me with a question " what does it mean to be an American Jew at the beginning of the twenty-first century? I wanted to write a play that could explore the ways in which…
The photographer Martha Swope was a small-town girl from Texas who moved to New York City with dreams of becoming not a well-known photographer but a ballerina. While studying at the School …
Education Dramaturg Ted Sod talked to director Gordon Greenberg about his work on Holiday Inn. Ted Sod: Tell us about yourself. Where were you born and educated? Why did you want to be…
The Roundabout family mourns the loss of the great Carrie Fisher. Carrie would be the first to say that her life took more twists and turns than most, even by the Hollywood standards that de…
We live in a world where young people, particularly young people of color, are disrespected and devalued. I don't want the environments I create in the classroom"even if I'm just there for 4…
Irving Berlin wrote many of the songs in Holiday Inn specifically for the 1942 film itself"but several of them took different trajectories from what he originally planned. The follo…
We began our residency with several workshops that would give us insight into what our students' strengths and interests were. We used the story of Axton Betz-Hamilton, a woman whose mother …
Dear Theatregoer, If you had told me ten years ago that Roundabout would be at the forefront of producing new American plays, I never would have believed you. I started our Roundabout Underg…
I'm happy to announce the complete cast of Steven Levenson's If I Forget, directed by Daniel Sullivan. Please join me in welcoming Larry Bryggman (Lou), Maria Dizzia (Sharon), Tasha Lawrence…
In under 10 years, Mike Bartlett has emerged as "one of our superstar playwrights," according to the London Guardian. These are some of the milestone productions"from intimate chamber plays …
Student Production Workshop, Roundabout's youth ensemble, came together last month to explore Kingdom Come through a pre-show workshop and a discussion with playwright Jenny Rachel Weiner. A…
Ted Sod: Where were you born and educated? Michael Mayer: I was educated at Washington, D.C. public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland; then the University of Wisconsin for three semeste…
Jenny Rachel Weiner's Kingdom Come opened in Roundabout's Black Box Theatre on November 2, 2016. In this Roundabout Underground production we meet Samantha and Layne, two lonely women …
Why combine theatre and Restorative Justice practices? At the beginning of the school year I met Yuko Uchikawa, the Restorative Justice coordinator at Brooklyn School for Music and Theatre (…
Ted Sod: Please give us some background information on yourself: Where were you born? Where were you educated? When did you decide to become a playwright and why? Jenny Rachel Weiner: I was …
DEREK MCLANE"SET DESIGN The story of Love, Love, Love takes place in three different eras during three different acts. Â It is partly about a generational war and deals very much with the …
Samantha's weight is integral to her character " it has isolated her, making the thrill of online connection that much more potent "Â but it isn't the plot of Kingdom Come. It's each chara…
From the playwright behind the smash Broadway hit King Charles III, Love, Love, Love, follows two baby boomers, Kenneth and Sandra, as they come to grips with the world through three very di…
While Shakespeare's plays are regularly turned into musicals these days, the origins of Kiss Me, Kate go far beyond the notion of making The Taming of the Shrew sing. Back in 1935, there was…
