October 2018 Onstage
From revenge thrillers to Shakespearean comedies, from hungry caterpillars to neighborhood disputes, check out what is onstage this month.
From revenge thrillers to Shakespearean comedies, from hungry caterpillars to neighborhood disputes, check out what is onstage this month.
Nikki Toombs of Atlanta's True Colors Theatre Company and Tanya Mote from Denver's Su Teatro share how engagement and education work fits their theatres' missions.
How did an Irish playwright put an American icon's music on the stage? It helped to think a bit like a songwriter.
The season will include plays by Katherine DiSavino, Susan Poulin, and Lucas Hnath.
The dark tide we're facing may break, though perhaps not before it's managed to break things.
If you're gathering people for a common activity anyway, why not find ways to help them exercise one of their fundamental rights at citizens?
For the first show of the fall season, the critics discuss the demise of the TV show Theatre Talk and interview Bedlam theatre's Eric Tucker.
Has theatre wounded me as much or more than it's healed me?
The fundraising, marketing, and communications professional will jointly lead the Portland company.
Live at the Lark, American Theatre editors announced the season's top plays and playwrights, and spoke to two of them, Lucas Hnath and Karen ZacarÃas.
The education and engagement programs at theatre companies remind us what this field is all about, and who it's for.
As theatres claim a role at the center of community life, the aim is transformation, not transaction.
How co-artistic directors Faye Price and Noël Raymond of the Minneapolis theatre organization infuse the arts into everyday life.
Up for a post-show discussion? Four a.d.s explain why they are---and you just might be too.
From critical literacy programs to touring bilingual productions, theatres are going back to school to make a difference
What shows are education and engagement directors looking forward to, and who do they look up to? We asked and they told us.
How Atlanta's flagship theatre planned and staged an entire season off-campus, and what they learned about their city and their audience in the bargain.
The momentum behind gender parity in the American theatre seems unmistakable, with 30 percent of all plays and 40 percent of new ones written by women.
Leon will step down from the Atlanta theatre he co-founded, and Jude, currently an associate a.d., will step up.
Change will lead the newly created department and oversee TCG's EDI initiatives, both internally and externally.
This summer the Ashland theatre faced dozens of cancelled and moved performances and some personnel attrition.
Mayer will take over some tasks previously performed by founding artistic director Philip Boehm.
The season will feature works by Antoinette Nwandu, Joan Didion, Yussef El Guindi, and more.
Some of today's best theatre is being made for young audiences. What it will it take for critics, audiences, and funders to find this out?
Ivers, currently a.d. at Arizona Theatre Company, will succeed Marc Masterson beginning in March 2019.