Interviews

Jennifer S. Ponce de León interviews playwright Virginia Grise about her plays, her process, and her vision for the future of Latino/a theatre.

Part interview, part photo essay, part play excerpts, Rebecca Stevens goes in-depth with playwright Marcus Gardley on his two recent productions at Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois. 

In the fourth installment, Michael Lueger interviews Archivist Morgen Stevens-Garmon about the intersection of theatre and museum archives in her career.

Abel Muñoz interviews Marisela Treviño Orta

Maria Enriquez interviews Emilio Rodriguez about his play Swimming While Drowning, incorporating spoken word poetry into his work, and the idea of being “Latino enough.”

Patricia Davis interviews Ron Menzel, an actor in Studio Theatre's production of Lucy Kirkwood’s Chimerica in Washington, DC.

In his second installment, Michael Lueger interviews Dr. Beth Kattleman about her journey in theatre and academia.

Commons Producer Miranda Craigwell interviews Melinda Lopez about her experience as Playwright-in Residence at Huntington Theatre Company. 

Regina García interviews playwright Amparo Garcia-Crow about her musical on Gus Garcia, a Mexican-American civil rights leader.

Jamie Gahlon interviews Mando Alvarado about the inspiration for his play Parachute Men, his writing process, and the challenges facing the American theatre.

Teresa Marrero talks with Matthew Paul Olmos about his play the living’life of the daughter mira, the difference between writing for film or television and theatre, and their shared California roots.

Fran Kumin in conversation with Signature Theatre’s outgoing artistic director, Jim Houghton.

Emily Aguilar Thomas interviews Milta Ortiz about the inspiration for her play Más and thoughts on the future of American theatre.

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

Patrick Gaughan interviews Andy Field, co-director of Forest Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. 

Brian Herrera interviews playwright Octavio Solis about the process of writing and developing Mother Road.

Hayley Finn interviews playwright Kira Obolensky about her work with and residency at Ten Thousand Things in Minneapolis.

Carla Della Gatta interviews Georgina Escobar about her writing process and upcoming projects following Carnaval.

Trevor Boffone interviews playwright Magdalena Gómez about her work at Carnaval and beyond.

MJ Kaufman interviews playwright, director, and performer Azure D. Osborne-Lee about his plays and what he sees in the field as a trans artist.