Recent Essays

P. Carl describes the social traps that befall those who work in non-profit theater, and advocates for the introduction of more breathing and thinking time into insitutions.

Playwright Cory Hinkle interviews Steve Epp to discuss his process devising performances which are often rooted in an exploration of history.

Liz Engelman has turned to nature and the outdoors for inspiration and respite, finding joy and greater authenticity in her dramaturgical work.

Why is it that we who wish to write the next wave of American theatrical masterpieces are so desperate to get into grad school?

A poem on being the perfect audience.

Dramaturg Margot Melcon interviews Jason Loewith about the new play development sector, and opportunities theatres can take advantage of.

Martin Zimmerman, an American playwright, discusses the use of the word "professional" as used in the theater community, and asks wheather this is indeed the right term to describe having a level of expertise in the theatrical world.

What is the difference between an artistic and scientific process? One may seem unstructured and the other deductive, but playwright Monica Byrne finds they both work the same way.

Reflecting on the 2011 TCG Conference, P. Carl asks “What if we could get over ourselves?” at both the individual and institutional level.

Richard Montoya, of the theater group Culture Clash, delivers his theatrical manifesto; one of outside the lines, in every way.