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The challenges facing theatre MFA programs, and the journeys of recent college theatre program graduates.
Applications are now open for the first bicoastal 2026-27 BIPOC Critics Lab cohort, as the 2025-26 cohort completes their training.
The scholarship, administered by Theatre Communications Group, supports early-career costume designers through professional development.
As her acclaimed play about twin sisters bent on revenge reaches the screen, the writer-director talks about filmed violence, resisting ugliness, and claiming confidence in the face of rejec…
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.
When the resident company model was more prevalent in U.S. theatres, actors had the chance to put down roots in a community. Is that dream over?
A pre-conference reflection on Puerto Rico, where TCG will hold its national conference in June.
In our Spring issue, we look at some long-standing structural and systemic challenges facing the regional theatre movement—and celebrate the luminous new work still being made in spite of …
How David Henry Hwang and Alexandra Silber seek to honor 2 classic musicals' intentions while keeping them fresh.
As the Alliance opens its Goizueta Stage, a new TYA acting repertory company has proven to be a fruitful experiment in engaging youth and families.
A La MaMa resident artist has a multi-generational check-in with Lypsinka, a.k.a. John Epperson, on an art form that can go deep by channeling widely.
How ‘The Music Man’ and ‘Gypsy’ framed the fatherless, aspirational life we shared.
Participating in poetry is key in Carissa Atallah's new play about a DACA college student that takes inspiration from spoken-word competitions.
May highlights include a major group's founding, a Pulitzer winner's birthday, and Arthur Miller juvenilia.
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
The renowned director and acting teacher discusses her transition into a new academic and artistic institution.
The new roundtable series starts in July.
The comic actor talks about his role in August Wilson's 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone,' director Michael Arden and designer Dane Laffrey talk vampire musicals, and Gemma Wilson gives us the Se…
With its satirical look at an overlooked piece of Virginia history, Eva DeVirgilis's new play is for the women who've spoken up against patriarchy for centuries.
A writer and mentee remembers the Florida-based actor, director, and producer, who died on April 10 at the age of 75.
A show and a convening at Court Theatre demonstrate what’s still possible, and a composer-designer lets us in on their dreams.
GALA Hispanic's new musical celebrating friendship and art aims to immerse audiences in the languages, rhythms, and smells of Latine and Caribbean homes.
This first collective bargaining agreement, which takes effect April 27, is a major step for Vineyard’s backstage and overhire IATSE union crew members.
The show's creator, Cinco Paul, explains how his score pays cock-eyed tribute to the mid-century American musical.
