Last October, I had the chance to attend the annual Freedom Awards, hosted by the National Civil Rights Museum. The 2024 honorees were civil rights attorney Sherrilyn Ifill, civil rights leader ...

This month Brian talks with the playwright, producer, Fire This Time Festival founder, and Apollo Theater director of new works about drama, balance, and Louisiana history. Each month on The Subtext, ...

How a versatile actor picked up ancient Greek in his spare time, and soon became the unlikely bearer of an intimate and ancient tale—in its original language. Joseph Medeiros crouches on the ...

An interview with the playwright of ‘Eureka Day’ about creating the play in a pre-Covid world and seeing the show anew through a changed society. Jonathan Spector’s play Eureka Day follows several ...

The organization will launch a nationwide search for a successor for Kaminski, who served as artistic director for 7 years. PITTSBURGH: Pittsburgh Public Theater has announced that artistic director ...

In this roundtable conversation, leaders in theatrical higher education discuss the challenges of the day and how they’re facing them. At high school theatre programs across the country, educators are ...

On Jan. 29, La Revista, a Spanish-language newspaper in Florida, announced that the Centro Español had contracted a Cuban theatre artist, Jacinto González, to become the artistic director of the group ...

The partnership between the theatre group and facility will include an opening production of ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ by Jocelyn Bioh and free community events. This month spotlights a ...

The Seattle-based lawyer, who served on local and national theatre boards for decades, also fought pro bono for embattled theatres and artists. This month Brian talks to the acclaimed actor about the ...

This last dispatch from the 2024 gathering checks in with some Americans who’ve felt both inspired and challenged by their Polish counterparts. The stimulation of a nine-day theatre festival—some ...

Through the stories of young Russian refugee children, theatremaker Irina Kruzhilina aims to promote compassion among mistrustful Americans, and create some friendships along the way. “It’s such a ...

“Cuando a sus playas llegó Colón / Exclamó lleno de admiración / Oh! Oh! Oh! Esta es la linda tierra que busco yo.” (“When at her beaches arrived Christopher Columbus / He exclaimed, full of ...