By . This panel explores the community need that led to the creation of the Actor Training Laboratorio in Community, a Latinx Theatre Commons initiative focused on rethinking actor training …
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By Kristin Marting. On 31 August 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with award-winning choreographer Annie-B Parson. Annie B is artistic director of the award winning Big Dance Thea…
By Kristin Marting. On 24 August 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the provocative award-winning multidisciplinary artist Aaron Landsman, who is also the founder of Perfect Ci…
By Kristin Marting. On 17 August 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with award winning theatremaker Melanie Joseph. She founded and led the Foundry Theatre for 25 years.
By Verda Tunaligil, MD, MPH, PhD. Esen Özman’s Medea’s Head, which premiered in İstanbul last December, is a distinct departure from earlier adaptations of the classic play. Dr.
By Ryan Nock. More than thirty years after the Women’s Coalition for Change undertook a radical activist performance at the University of Maryland, a documentary screening and panel discus…
By . This session from the 2026 Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) conference brought the academic world and the professional world together to discuss how the industry is ch…
By Anna Kozachok. During wartime, everything changes—including a theatrical curriculum.
By Nicolas Shannon Savard, Des Bennett. Host Nicolas Shannon Savard interviews Des Bennett of The Theater Offensive about the Queer (Re)Public Emergent Artist Residency.
By . Join our international guest artists and local community leaders for three exciting panels that discuss the festival’s themes from the perspective of literature, local traditions and …
By Beks Roen. Beks Roen, a nonbinary, aromantic, asexual actor who often performs in Shakespearen plays, reflects on how they have made space for their identities in classical theatre and of…
By Michael Rohd, Coya Paz, Irina Kruzhilina. Theatremaker Michael Rohd speaks with two artists and cultural leaders who deploy theatre to build coalitions and center what’s possible: Irina…
By Sophia Skiles, Jasmin Cardenas, Caroline Hatem, Marta Górnicka. Through the use of story and song with communities in crisis, artists Jasmin Cardenas, Marta Górnicka, and Caroline Hate…
By Nicolas Shannon Savard, Kidany Camilo. In this episode, Nicolas talks with lead producer for Chicago’s Trans Voices Cabaret lead producer Kidany Camilo about creating equitable opportun…
By RUZIBIZA WESLEY, Sebastián Torres, Sonya Armaghanyan. Sonya Armaghanyan and Wesley Ruzibiza are artists from different continents who prove that performance can move us through unfathoma…
By Andy Bentley, Cecilia Lomanno. When Andy Bentley and Cecilia Lomanno directed The Baltimore Waltz during their senior year, it drew them closer to a generation of queer elders lost to the…
By Frankie DiCiaccio. When Frankie DiCaccio left city life and moved to a small town to teach at a local college, they were nervous about a perceived absence of queer community.
By Kari Barclay. As Kari Barclay drives between their lefty liberal arts campus and the rural and exurban communities surrounding it, they consider opportunities for queer theatre to bridge …
By John Michael DiResta. Queer theatre in universities straddles a cultural bifurcation of liberatory and reactionary perspectives.
By . This skills session covers contracting basics and opens up a conversation about some best practices for contracting working artists. Producer Alison Qu facilitates.
By Artist Caregiver. In the span of a week, this diarist goes from a vacation with her family into a workshop for a new musical.
By Laura Penn. In this keynote from the 2026 National Theatre Conference, Laura Penn compares the American theatre to the postal service as modes for human connection, civic engagement, and …
By Kristin Marting. On 10 August 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with acclaimed lighting designer Ayumu Saegusa, who is also resident lighting designer of HERE.
By Kristin Marting. On 3 August 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the award winning and internationally acclaimed puppet artist and curator Hanne Tierney. She is also founder/…