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Andrew Bailes interviews director Monty Cole about his all-male, all-black production of Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape in Chicago, Illinois.

Suzanne Driscoll writes about the benefits of drama therapy, and outlines the path to becoming a certified therapist.

Rikki Elizabeth Stinnette shares her experience of writing The Screenwriters for both film and the stage.

Actor and writer Oscar A. L. Cabrera kicks off the Café Onda series about Hamilton’s Latinidad, discussing the personal impact Lin-Manuel Miranda’s work has had on him.

Armando Huipe describes the organizing principles behind the upcoming Latina/o Theatre Commons convening in Seattle, WA.

Jonathan Mandell writes about the work of The Civilians, which he says "may be the most vibrant socially conscious, avant-garde, investigative theatre company in the country."

Trevor Boffone reports on the Texas Latinx Theare Commons Dallas Regional Convening.

Actress Bethany Hanna reflects on past casting experiences and shares her current outlook on body image.

Marcina Zaccaria on Jody Christopherson’s Greencard Wedding at Dixon Place in New York City.

Henrik Eger looks at a musical about Alzheimer’s in Philadelphia with actors with speech impediments.

Playwright Alexa Derman writes about the dual pressures college-aged artists feel to both focus on their education and achieve professional success before they age out of the “emerging” classification.

Emily Aguilar Thomas talks with Latina/o artists about why how the lack of representation at the Oscars matters to theatre.

Playwright Andrea Lepcio shares her experiences writing two different non-fiction scripts and offers advice for the process. 

Sarah R. Warren examines the placement and function of the I Want Song in musicals.

Playwright MJ Halberstadt writes about different ways playwrights can address diverse representation in their scripts.

In this first installment, Jelisa Jay Robinson profiles Florinda Bryant of Salvage Vanguard Theater.

In the final installment of our series on Cornerstone’s California Bridge Tour, actor Page Leong writes about her personal connection to two of the communities the company visited.

James McMaster on the politics of Hamilton and the need for a musical theatre revolution.