Recent Essays

Charlotte Meehan and Adara Meyers sit down with playwrights Deborah Lake Fortson and Amy Merrill, director Robbie McCauley, and law enforcement and community stakeholders to talk about youth sex trafficking and The BODY & SOLD Project.

Alexis Greene shares her experience entering the theatre for Young Vic’s production of Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge. She reflects on Miller’s life and work in relation to today’s social climate.

verity healey on what four new Russian plays performed at London’s Frontline Club say about the present and future of theatre in Russia.

Paul Zimet on the intersection of his volunteer work as a mediator in Manhattan and Brooklyn civil and criminal courts and theatre.

Jess Pillmore advises artists to be cautious when choosing and emulating professional role models.

February 2 marks forty years since then twenty-two-year-old Mixed Blood Artistic Director Jack Reuler sat down to write the original mission and primary objectives for Mixed Blood. Jack commemorates that founding by presenting a list of qualities and practices for successful and ethical artistic leaders.

Rhiannon D’Averc on Anna Ziegler’s Photograph 51 now playing in London, starring Nicole Kidman.

The HowlRound community is designing and building the World Theatre Map. Track its progress and participate in its design and development.

In this installment, Hannah Nielsen-Jones shares her process for stage managing OjO in Pittsburgh and San Diego.

Dominic Finocchiaro argues for an expanded definition of subtext and asks “Where’s my cheese-roll?”