Playwright Residencies

Playwright Kirsten Greenidge reflects on her impulses to rewrite, and how she learned to stay connected to her work.

Lauren Gunderson on the lessons that playwrights learn from the classics, and why both classic and new work is essential to theater.

Jamie Gahlon has asked theatre artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Pearl Cleage continues this series.

Jamie Gahlon has asked theatre artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Robert O'Hara continues this series.

Kira Oblenskey talks to Michelle Hensley, the founding artistic director of Ten Thousand Things in Minnesota, about the necessity of big stories, and the joys of bringing theater to audiences who have very little experience with it.

I am a director. I am a playwright. It has taken me many years of hard work to come to appreciate what each of those professions require and to experience them both independently and combined.

Taylor Mac discusses actor professionalism, and trusting rather than auditioning them.

Peter Sinn Nachtrieb interviews Marc Masterson on his position as Artistic Director of the Actors Theater of Louisville and how to create a collaborative environment for new work.