Recent Essays

In this essay, Joan Lancourt offers a thorough analysis of not-for-profit boards and how they can enhance their productivity.

Lily Janiak writes about Terminus at San Francisco's Magic Theatre, and how the tale of a night in Dublin centered around a construction crane, reverberates with the construction boom in the Bay Area.

Andrew Roblyer continues his series Drinking from a Firehose with an examination of credibility. Who creates it? Where does it come from? And how can theaters harness its power to better connect with their audiences.

Carla Stillwell writes about getting to the root of the diversity problem in the American theater: the mission statement.

The Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay. This Thursday's topic: "Imagining an Arab American Theater Movement". 

Highlighted by Scotland’s possible independence, Regan sifts through the idea of how debate can be brought on by political theatre.

Winebrenner discusses how to utilize our freedom by using theatre as a  vehicle for cooperative political debate.

(Re)Search is a six part series by Bree Windham, a current graduate student in dramaturgy. It details her experiences as a young dramaturg navigating different resources and the ways she has come utilize them through trial, error, and advice from others.