Acting & Performance

Jess Pillmore writes about the power that comes with owning and speaking up for one’s artistic needs.

Matt DiCintio explores the orientalism in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Ricky Young-Howze talks with actor Ali Stroker about changing people’s perceptions about performers with disabilities.

Neal Reynolds discusses how a play's subject matter may increase the potential for an abusive production process.

Madeline Easley describes how an assignment inspired her to create a platform where people can share stories and write monologues.

Artistic Director Brianna Smith discusses gender fluidity and advocates the need for creating more opportunities transgender, gender-queer, androgynous, and other non-binary actors.

Actor Lashad Beck shares his tips for dealing with cultural microaggressions during a production.

Manuel Betancourt on the Young Vic’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at St. Ann’s Warehouse.

Actor Stacey Venzel shares how theatre performance techniques help her cope with her anxiety.

Judith Jerome discusses the recent Broadway production of Blackbird by David Harrower.

Actress and spiritual advocate Diandra Rivera offers advice on how performers can spiritually center themselves. 

In this installment of his Strange Eventful History series, Michael Lueger discusses the assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the comedy Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre, and traces the lives of the actors and producers involved with the show. 

Actress/Playwright Romana Soutus shares her process and experience performing her solo show Hyena.

Writer Josh Lefkowitz discusses his journey from theatre artist to poet and (maybe?) back again.

In this second installment, Jelisa Jay Robinson interviews Krysta Gonzales about her journey and process as a playwright and actress.

Actors Mary Frances Noser and Emma Lukens reflect on their process acting in Love Sonnets at Emerson College.

In this installment, Matthew Minnicino discusses gender politics in Shakespeare’s work, and productions of King Lear with women starring in the title role.

Marisela Treviño Orta interviews Javier Muñoz, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s alternate in Hamilton.

Kate Langsdorf describes her experiences as an actor with a physical disability.

Actor Michelle Banks advocates the need for more diversity and inclusion for deaf and hard of hearing actors of color in the American theatre.

In this first installment, C. Fischer starts their series, exploring the intersections of gender, drag performance, and acting.

Canadian theatre-artist Col Cseke considers how an artistic community seeks comfort following the tragic death of Michael Green, co-founder of One Yellow Rabbit.

Educator and theatre artist Eric Kildow examines the contradictions of professional actor training under postindustrial capitalism.