Recent Essays

Piper Anderson discusses the dual roles of diversity officers and advocates the need for leadership training.

Michael Bigelow Dixon introduces the Monsters on Stage Project from Translyvania University.

Robert Moskowitz discusses the needs for and advantages of creating a local theatre cooperative.

Part interview, part photo essay, part play excerpts, Rebecca Stevens goes in-depth with playwright Marcus Gardley on his two recent productions at Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois. 

In the fourth installment, Michael Lueger interviews Archivist Morgen Stevens-Garmon about the intersection of theatre and museum archives in her career.

Ira Gameraman, writer for podcasts Dangerously Unqualified and Radiotopia’s The Truth addresses the possibilities for playwrights in podcasting.

Daniel B. Thompson addresses the common practice of theatre companies misclassifying their workforce as independent contractors for tax purposes.

Holly L. Derr on Destiny of Desire by Karen Zacarías, Animal by Claire Lizzimore, Queens Girl in the World by Caleen Sinette Jennings, Women Laughing Alone with Salad by Sheila Callaghan, and Uprising by Gabrielle Fulton, all part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival in Washington, DC.

Playwright Joseph D’Ambrosi advocates the need for Christian theatre artists to reevaluate censoring plays for the sake of faith-based themes.

Erin Butcher writes about the difficult experiences she faced producing a show in a public park with an all-female cast and crew.