Through the stories of young Russian refugee children, theatremaker Irina Kruzhilina aims to promote compassion among mistrustful Americans, and create some friendships along the way. “It’s such a ...

For a further gathering of reflections on Jenness’s life and legacy, go here. Most of us who loved Morgan Jenness have heard her inciting incident. I love to hear how others have heard it, and I loved ...

New York City is a commercial theatre capital, no question. But the industry that may have the most direct impact on the city’s theatremakers isn’t theatre itself but real estate. The pressures of ...

This month Brian talks to the Southern-born writer about her journey through acting to playwriting, what her parents taught her, and her own parenting. Bonds’s plays have been developed or produced by ...

For 2024’s holiday podcast, Gabriela visits with the merry makers behind ‘Rudolph’ at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, and Rob chats with critic Bill ...

PRINCETON, N.J.: Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts has announced the selection of five Mary Mackall Gwinn Hodder Fellows for the 2025-26 academic year. This year’s recipients include ...

This past year was quite a decade, wasn’t it? I know I’m not the first to notice that our sense of time seems to be broken, that it often feels like we’re somehow both in a recursive loop of ...

“Cuando a sus playas llegó Colón / Exclamó lleno de admiración / Oh! Oh! Oh! Esta es la linda tierra que busco yo.” (“When at her beaches arrived Christopher Columbus / He exclaimed, full of ...

Martin Benson, 87, who co-founded South Coast Repertory and served as artistic director with David Emmes, his colleague and friend for more than 60 years, died the night after the day after ...

This month spotlights a collaboration between the University of Tennessee and Clarence Brown Theatre and looks back at readers’ favorite school productions of 2024. “The students get this incredible ...

This last dispatch from the 2024 gathering checks in with some Americans who’ve felt both inspired and challenged by their Polish counterparts. The stimulation of a nine-day theatre festival—some ...

This month, Woodzick chats with multi-hyphenate filmmaker Vera Drew about cultivating joyful spaces for trans audiences through her DIY film ‘The People’s Joker.’ American Theatre is proud to be the ...