By Nicolas Shannon Savard, Keyshia Pearl, Roney Jones. Nicolas continues their conversation with Keyshia Pearl and Roney Jones, digging into LOUD Queer Youth Theatre’s youth-led, adult-sup…
By Shayok Misha Chowdhury. Shayok Misha Chowdhury shares a story about the creation of their show Rheology, and how that process highlighted the value in making space for the unimaginable to…
By Kristin Marting. On 1 June 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the ingenious award-winning writer, director, and designer of costumes, objects and scenery Normandy Sherwood.
By Kristin Marting. On 18 May 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with veteran performer and director Maria Striar. She co-founded Clubbed Thumb in 1996 and serves as its artistic di…
By Ashley Malafronte. This year’s Under the Radar Symposium featured three keynotes, a dozen provocative presentations, and a generative roundtable session all led by artists.
By Kristin Marting. On 11 May 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the award winning writer and activist V (formerly Eve Ensler) who created The Vagina Monologues and many other …
By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson. A decade after landmark convenings, Nabra and Marina revisit the “Middle Eastern American Theatre Artists’ Bill of Rights” and “Dear Producers and Ar…
By Theatre Workers for a Ceasefire, Maria Aparo, Sulu LeoNimm, Liz Duran Boubion. The Apartheid Free Zone (AFZ) campaign is a form of nonviolent action aimed to end complicity with apartheid…
By Nicolas Shannon Savard, Roney Jones, Keyshia Pearl. Gender Euphoria: The Podcast returns for season three.
By Marilo Nunez, Marlis Schweitzer. Facing Backlash: Performance in the Age of Reactionary Politics gathered Canadian artists and academics to contend with the backlash against diversity, eq…
By Kristin Marting. On 4 May 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the prolific award-winning writer/director Misha Chowdhury.
By . CHUANG Stage and Fresh Ink Theatre present a staged reading of new Vietnamese play, Mary Magdalene, Daughter, Boatperson, written by Diana Khổng and directed by mica rose.
By . The Ukrainian Drama Showcase is a theatre festival in New York City of staged readings aimed at introducing classic and contemporary Ukrainian dramatic texts to new audiences through dy…
By . Join Company One and some of New England’s most dynamic playwrights for an evening of collective conversation about the changing new play landscape.
By . Join South Coast Repertory for the Playwrights Panel, part of the 2026 Pacific Playwrights Festival.
By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Heather Rastovac Akbarzadeh. This episode explores how Middle Eastern, North African, and Southwest Asian folklore and performance create joy, belonging, and…
By Artist Caregiver. After moving his family cross-country to be closer to other relatives, this month’s diarist is balancing especially full home and work calendars.
By Nabra Nelson, Marina Johnson, Sahar Assaf. This episode is a deep dive into Golden Thread's evolution.
By Dmitrii Zenkov. To make theatre with forced migrants in Serbia, Dmitrii Zenkov knew he had to slow down.
By . Seth Baumrin presents the lecture "The Kharkiv Dramaturgy"Fortitude and Democracy in Ukrainian Modern Theatre".
By McClain Leong. Through creative captions, the access tool of captioning becomes a design element with its own dramaturgical perspective.
By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Yussef El-Guindi. Playwright Yussef El Guindi reflects on Golden Thread's pivotal second decade; writing in the post-9/11 landscape; and how Middle Eastern, …
By Kristin Marting. On 27 April 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with theatre and film director, video and sound artist, and performing arts curator Brian Rogers.
By Kristin Marting. On 20 April 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with multi-hypenates Purva Bedi and Mariana Newhard. Both are acclaimed writer performers who have worked in theat…
By Chantal Bilodeau. Chantal Bilodeau reflects on a decade of curating the Theatre in the Age of Climate Change series and the ways the work (and world) has shifted in that time.