Recent Essays

Jonathan Mandell explores the use of violence on stage, and how theatremakers use the stage to respond to violence.

Tiffany Antone reconsiders the decision to include a trigger warning on playwright Jennie Webb’s “little rape comedy.”

Spencer Shannon on the critical reception of A. Rey Pamatmat’s after all the terrible things I do and Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them in Boston.

Julie Rada shares her process for casting devised pieces, and explores the extreme difference in the way auditions are run when a group is creating together.

Jennifer Wintzer shares SHAKE 38’s Measure4Measure Project connecting youth in St. Louis with youth in New York City around the conflict in Ferguson.

Indie theatre producer Sergei Burbank outlines his experience producing Stephen Belber’s McReele, and discusses the danger in assuming that a play with cultural relevance will guarantee a sold-out run.

Jayne Benjulian sits down with director and actor, and now, author, Jeff Zinn, to talk about acting and his new book The Existential Actor.

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In the second installment of our series on Latina/o theatre in Texas, Roxanne Schroeder-Arce and Emily Aguilar Thomas highlight the breadth of work happening in Austin. 

Tamás Jászay explores independent theatre in Hungary and provides historical context about the state of the art form.