By Zoe Kamil. Playwright Zoe Kamil writes about casting a play of hers, and the difficult conversations that arose because she didn't specify the race of certain characters.
By Renée Camus. Renée Camus reports on this summer's Song, Stage, and Screen Conference in New York City.
By Cherry Lou Sy. Playwright Cherry Lou Sy discusses Vineyard Theatre's production of Indecent, reflecting on the culture of fear and the queer artists who have influenced her.
By Michael Lueger. Michael Lueger talks with director and librettist Joshua William Gelb about The Black Crook , considered by some to be the first musical.
By Briandaniel Oglesby. In this installment, Briandaniel Oglesby shares updates leading up to the performance of his students' queer adaptation of Romeo & Juliet .
By Paul Adolphsen. Paul Adolphsen on the 2016 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa.
By Billy McEntee. Billy McEntee discusses the use of cellphones in recent Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
By Oscar Franco. Theatre artist and teacher Oscar Franco shares his experience normalizing theatregoing as a viable recreational activity for families of color in Texas.
By Martha Steketee. Ethan Lipton discusses making music, making theatre, and combining the two in his full-length play-with-music Tumacho at Clubbed Thumb.
By Lina Pulgarin-Duque. Dramaturg and Physicist Lina Pulgarin-Duque shares her experience working with Attack Theatre, and their approach to teaching science and math to young students in Pi…
By Justin Taylor. A conversation with new play leaders Sarah Rose Leonard, Paul Meshejian, and Anne Morgan about playwriting.
By Daniel Kelin. Daniel Kelin describes the process of working on a play with a multi-racial and -ethnic ensemble playing characters from many different backgrounds.
By Paul Adolphsen, Jayne Batzofin. In this installment, Paul Adolphsen interviews South African director Jayne Batzofin about her journey to directing and her work with the Chaeli Campaign .…
By Maegan Clearwood. Maegan Clearwood on the all-male production of Taming of the Shrew , directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC.
By Michael Lueger. Maya Cantu and Michael Lueger discuss how the musicals of the 1940s saw the emergence of a new figure: the "boss lady."
By Marci R. McMahon. Marci R. McMahon writes about the Latina/o Theater for Social Action course she recently taught at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
By David Bruin. David Bruin on the world premiere of Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed, futurist puppet plays by Fortunato Depero, translated, designed, and directed by Dan Hurlin at…
By Carey Purcell. Carey Purcell talks to Diane Paulus and Liesl Tommy about all women creative teams.
By Megan Patterson. Megan Patterson on the New York Theatre Workshop production of the musical Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell, developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin.
By Sam Weisberg, Rob Onorato. Sam Weisberg and Rob Onorato review Jordan Tannahill's book Theatre of the Unimpressed, which discusses the well-made play and the idea of failing in theatre.
By HowlRound TV. Visiting Arts and Creative Scotland present The Visiting Arts International Producers Breakfast 2016 livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV ne…
By HowlRound TV. American Conservatory Theater and The Wellesley Centers for Women present the opening session of the Women's Leadership Conference livestreaming on the global, commons-based…
By Irene Loy. In this installment, Irene Loy discusses the Caregiver character, who genuinely wants what's best for other (often the main) characters.
By Ursula Cimone Walker. Ursula Walker on Jelisa Jay Robinson's Stories of Us at the Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin, Texas.
By Samantha Mueller, Colleen Rua. Playwright and producer Samantha Mueller talks to director and educator Colleen Rua about their mutual passion for immersive theatre.