Recent Essays

In this installment, Catherine gets her dream job of directing the Christmas Pageant, only to find out her professional experience might not be too helpful with this production. 

Could the theater offer to both theater artists and theatergoers a kind of substitute for the awe they felt as children towards a religion that they no longer can as readily accept intellectually or morally?

In this installment, Brendan explores what happened when he directed some of the plays from the Belarusian Dream Theater at Belarus’ exiled university, resulting in differing perspectives.

What conditions make life unlivable? Kate Kremer explores this question looking at performances by Forced Entertainment and Tehching Hsieh, ranging from six hours to one year.

The Border. Where people become ambassadors of culture, of politics, of opinions, of languages, of rituals. We are Fronterizos.

P. Carl interviews Ari Roth about his recent firing from Theater J and the power of theatre in politcs. 

Director Lavina Jadhwani ask three questions, addressing how color-conscious casting impacts the story being told.

Responding to a lack of queer performance nights, Kolmel WithLove started The News, which led to a gathering of curators of queer performance to discuss the best practices.

South Coast Rep shares model and journey of project El Largo Camino De Hoy with Encuentro 2014 attendees. Roxanne Schroeder-Arce reflects on the overall impact.

Chris Kaminstein of the New Orleans-based ensemble Goat in the Road explains how they made Numb, an original piece about the origins of nitrous oxide and anesthesiology.