by Edward Guthmann It?s tough making theatre in the Bay Area. Production costs keep spiking, rents are ridiculous, and public funding is increasingly elusive as the current presidential adm…
ArtsBeat Radio/TV travels to Hartford Stage to chat with members of "A Christmas Carol". Co-hosts Mark G. Auerbach and Patrick Berry meet director Rachel Alderman, John-Andrew Morrison, who …
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by Velina Brown  Editor's Note: The Theatre Bay Area General Auditions are a great way to launch or relaunch an acting career in the Bay. The last day to sign up for the 2020 genera…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka Last Insider we received some tips from local headshot photographers about taking a winning headshot. This time around we chatted with Bay Area casting directors about w…
Pictured: Nancy Livingston, front right, with former American Conservatory Theater artistic director, Carey Perloff, front left. Fred Levin, Nancy's husband, stands behind the two.  …
by Rotimi Agbabiaka This June, Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced the appointment of Evren Odcikin as interim associate artistic director. For years, Odcikin?s work as a director, theatr…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka As 2020 approaches you may be thinking, ?New year, new me, new headshots?? Often an actor?s first introduction to potential employers, that 8 by 10 image can bear t…
By Sunshine Lampitoc Smith with contributions from Shannon R. Davis and Nicky Martinez It?s the first week of November, and another TBA Awards Celebration is now in the history books! …
by Rotimi Agbabiaka With luminaries like the Tony Award-winning Daveed Diggs and hometown fave, Margo Hall, who both lit up last year?s Blindspotting, the Bay Area holds its own when it com…
by Nicole Gluckstern Shortly after the Theatre Bay Area award finalists for 2019 were announced, multiple finalist D?arcy Drollinger took to social media to express gratitude at being ?legi…
by Sam Hurwitt Part of the beauty and the impact of live theatre is its ephemeral nature. You have to be there to experience it and once it?s over, it?s over?not just a run but any given pe…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka Attending the theatre often feels like boarding a plane: a stark reminder that class is real. But with its approach to selling tickets for the sixth annual TBA Awards ce…
by Lauren Spencer In advance of the upcoming TBA Awards Celebration, I chatted with this year?s hosts, Margo Hall and Dave J. Abrams. Hall is a veteran Bay Area artist who wears many hats i…
by Nicole Gluckstern Thanks to funding secured from the NEA and the Zellerbach Foundation, ten Bay Area theatre companies?along with Theatre Bay Area?have been convening over the course of …
by Kari Barclay In 2018, San Francisco had a total of 25.8 million visitors who collectively contributed $10 billion to the city?s economy. Some of these visitors attend theatre and other l…
by Kari Barclay Almost 100 years since its founding, the Bay Area?s largest performing arts organization is taking steps to build a more equitable future. At the start of the summer, San Fr…
by Theatre Bay Area  When they're not managing programs, editing web content, or coordinating with members, our Theatre Bay Area staff can often be found pursuing various creative and pr…
As the last part of summer approaches, some students have already returned to school. We at the TBA Insider thought it would be a good time to bring back some of our past articles a…
 by Sam Hurwitt Even as a simple phrase, there?s something disturbing about the idea of tireless leadership. People need a break sometimes. And yet in the nonprofit world, and particular…
by Lauren Spencer The band strikes up in an intentionally dissonant arrangement of the ?Star-Spangled Banner.? Audience members scurry to their picnic blankets, hastily reapply sunscreen, a…
by Kari Barclay It?s a Thursday night at San Francisco's Exploratorium museum, and visitors see an unexpected sight at the restrooms. The usual gender labels are covered up, and they have b…
by Rotimi Agbabiaka Halli Gibson became a teaching artist in part because she doesn?t like to audition. However she couldn?t resist the opportunity to attend an event called the Teaching Ar…
by David John Chavez It?s rare to hear of a prisoner pleading with a judge to postpone their release date. For Karen Altree Piemme, that request, from an inmate participating in Red La…
by Kevin Clarke Last week, our theatre community lost a beautiful soul: Reid Davis. Theatre friends weave their way in and out of your life in unpredictable ways?in the audition room, …