Recent Essays

From awards shows to rehearsal rooms, the work of translation for theatre is invisibilized in the United States. Jeremy Tiang explores the reasons for this lack of recognition and makes the case not just for more translation, but for the increased presence of translators.

Abbie Anderson provides a list of eight actions that theatres can take to make their work environments more accessible and equitable for physically disabled actors.

The former community engagement director of the Guthrie Theater, Rebecca Noon, reflects on the early years of the theatre’s Native Advisory Council and the steady relationship building that led to powerful collaborations with Indigenous communities across the Twin Cities. 

Theatre departments now face steady, targeted closures and downsizing nationwide. Jacqueline E. Lawton and Rachel Pollock speak to professors impacted by these cuts and lay out actions to preserve theatre education at the university level. 

Through a Wallace Foundation grant, scholars from the Latinx Theatre Commons co-authored a concept paper comprised of histories, strategies, and suggestions for archiving Latine theatre in all its forms and technologies. Carla Della Gatta introduces the paper with an executive summary and highlights from the report.

In the summertime, the city of Berlin is alight with artistic festivals of all kinds. German theatre scholar Thomas Schmidt reflects on some of the theatre festivals of this past summer and posits what makes the Berlin theatre scene so special.

Through experimental dramaturgy that privileged sound over visuals, Neo Muyanga created the Visual Radio Plays project at the Centre for the Less Good Idea in Johannesburg, South Africa. In this essay, Tonderai Chiyindiko explores the histories, theories, and personal connections that inspired the project.