Aesthetics

Victor Maog interviews Leah Nanako Winkler on her response to the controversy around NYGASP's The Mikado.

In the third installment of his series, Jake Rosenberg explores the history of Science fiction in literature, film, and theatre.

Minna Vallaste argues for the importance of theatre pieces that speak directly to international social issues and inspire change and action.

Producer Branden Huldeen discusses examples of new, exciting forms of musical theatre, and how much opportunity there still in for growth in the field.

Playwright Jake Rosenberg explains how Postmodernist philosophy can inform the work of contemporary playwrights.

In the first installment of his series, Damon Krometis explains his relationship to interactive theatre and his influences.

Susan W. Kemp on The Moisture Festival in Seattle, Washington.

Christopher Goodson interviews Diane Rodriguez about her process for developing The Sweetheart Deal.

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.

In this installation, David Dudley talks with the three artistic directors of the SITI Company about what makes their program different and successful. 

Scholar and dramaturg Magda Romanska on the connection between humor and disability.

David Bruin on Mondo Bizarro and ArtSpot Productions’ Cry You One at the Arts & Ideas Festival in New Haven, Connecticut.

In this installation, Kate Kremer continues her exploration of durational theatre and what it has to do with realism.

Jonathan Mandell explores the use of violence on stage, and how theatremakers use the stage to respond to violence.

Bertie Ferdman interviews Ilan Bachrach, founder and Artistic Director of Mass Live Arts, a festival of contemporary and experimental performance in Great Barrington, MA.

Phil Weaver-Stoesz describes an immersive theatrical experience where the audience took control of the narrative, and asks what rules, if any, we should set for audience members in non-traditional works.

Scholar Jean Hartley Sidden considers the spectrum of theatricality.

Ian Chandler explains the appeal of a new popular art form called cardistry, and what the theatre world could gain from embracing some of its methodology.  

Kyle Thomas discusses the benefits of incorporating mobile platforms into theatrical performance.

In his second installation, Jay Ruby looks closely at precarity and the three types of edges that exist within his practice.

Jamie Gahlon interviews Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, and Herbert Siguenza, now marking their thirtieth year as ensemble Culture Clash.