Recent Essays

P. Carl narrates his evolution of finding his place in the creative field of theater, and the way the nature and expression of creativity in theatre is tied into the nature of philosophical argument.

Puppetry is the bastard nephew of so-called legitimate theater. Yet puppetry stubbornly persists, even flourishes, in our digital age as an intentionally Luddite approach to an emphatically live art.

Todd London celebrates the vast scope of Julie Taymor's body of work which draws on influences from all over the world.

Daniel Alexander Jones interviews Marissa Chibas, an actor and writer, on the need for aesthetic diversity on contemporary American stages.

Playwright Max "Bunny" Sparber attributes his playwrighting style to artists throughout history who use misbehaviors to captivate their audience.

Adam Szymkowicz interviews director Hal Brooks about his process and aspirations as a director.

Aaron Carter and Erik Ramsey suggest a taxonomy for new play development techniques to serve as a reference for playwrights and developers to avoid the "zombification" of new plays.

Susan Miller speaks on the collision of the playwright's personal and the public, and the beauty found in performing these stories themselves.

"All the hand-wringing about tweeting in the theatre is really nothing more than a distraction from the far more important, positive, and legitimate ways in which Twitter is changing our art form."

Michele Lowe interviews Kent Thompson, Producing Artistic Director of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, about his mission to cultivate lasting relationships between playwrights and audiences.