Adaptation and Translation

Sara Zweig on The Robber Bridegroom with book and lyrics by Alfred Uhry, and music by Robert Waldman at The Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City.

Director Cristy Andrea Altamirano seeks thoughts on an upcoming production of The Tempest.

Sarah Matusek on the New York City production of This Time by Sevan K. Greene, adapted from the memoir Not So Long Ago by Amal Meguid, directed by Kareem Fahmy.

Jess Barbagallo on Tragedy of Spades by Liza Birkenmeier, directed by Katherine Brook at University Settlement in New York City.

Jonathan Mandell explores the gender politics of Broadway offerings such as American Psycho, Waitress, Eclipsed, The Color Purple, and more.

Jenna Gerdsen on a reinvention of wayang kulit—the ancient Southeast Asian puppet theatre form.

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

Roxanne Schroeder-Arce interviews her ten-year-old daughter Genevieve to get her thoughts on a recent theatre for young audiences show in Austin, Texas.

In this installment of the Pedagogy Notebook series, professor Carla Della Gatta writes about how she integrated Latina/o artists into a critical studies class on Greek and Roman theatre.

Patricia Davis on Mosaic Theatre's US premiere in Washington, D.C. of I Shall Not Hate, based on the life of Palestinian doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish.

Carlos Morton on the recent Los Angeles production of José Sanchis Sinisterra’s Ay Carmela. 

Edward Einhorn discusses the benefits and pitfalls of posting scripts online.

David Dudley reflects on Steel Hammer and the John Henry myth, at the Krannert Center in Urbana, Illinois.

David Bruin on Teatro Patologico’s production of Medea at La Mama in New York City. 

Donald Sanborn on the evolution of Gigi from novella to film, film to stage, and stage and to stage once more.

Actor and writer Eli Keel reflects on his introduction to Shakespeare and advocates translation for new audiences.

Lue Douthit, director of literary development at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, discusses the history and rationale of the Play on! Project with OSF to translate 39 of Shakespeare’s plays.

Christopher Goodson on Rose Cano’s adaptation, Don Quixote: Homeless in Seattle, produced by eSe Teatro in Seattle, Washington.

Educator and author Max Alvarez discusses the unlikely alliance of film director Alfred Hitchcock and playwright Thornton Wilder and Wilder’s contribution to one of Hitchcock’s greatest films Shadow of a Doubt.

Patrick Gaughan on Elevator Repair Service’s adaptation of William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury. 

Roxanne Schroeder-Arce on Cenicienta by Rupert Reyes and Caroline Reck, and Alvaro Saar Rios’ LUCHADORA!

Emma Wiseman on Dangerous Ground’s adaptation of the 1972 film Solaris, S., in New York City.

Alanna Mitchell talks about transforming her book Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis into a one-woman show, and the conversation she found in theatre.

Enrique's Journey, directed and adapted by Anthony J. Garcia, is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning  book of the same name by Sonia Nazario. The third production of Enrique’s Journey took place at the LATC's Encuentro 2014, performed by Su Teatro.

At this historic moment in which it is still quite dangerous to be a black man in the United States, Native Son offers an important provocation. For all the world has changed since 1939, the production asks us to take a good hard look at what has not.