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martha wade steketee

Lover of ghost lights, movies, stories of creative lives, magic of live performance, storytelling in song.

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Creeping terror masked as medical interrogation in an airport detention area

Blood of the LambFeaturing Meredith Garretson and Kelly McAndrewHarbor Stage Company | 59E59 TheatersSeptember 14, 2024 – October 20, 2024production site We think we know where an abortion play is headed […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on September 25, 2024

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Medea through rap provides surprising revelations

Medea Re-VersedFeaturing Siena D’Addario, Melissa Mahoney, Mark Martin, Jacob Ming-Trent, Luis Quintero, Stephen Michael Spencer, and Sarin Monae WestRed Bull Theater and Bedlam | Sheen CenterSeptember 12, 2024 – October 20, […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on September 24, 2024

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This audience hears voices immersed in an encounter group

The Voices in Your HeadFeaturing Christian Caro, Marcia Debonis, Alex Gibson, Tom Mezger, Daphne Overbeck, Jamila Sabares-Klemm, Erin Treadway, and Jehan O. YoungEgg & Spoon Theatre CollectiveSeptember 9, 2024 – October […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on September 14, 2024

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Your table is ready at Table 17

Table 17Featuring Biko Eisen-Martin, Michael Rishawn, and Kara YoungMCC TheaterAugust 14, 2024 – September 29 , 2024 [extended]production site Douglas Lyons has crafted a sneakily layered romcom, a heartfelt study of […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on September 10, 2024

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United States history through the lens of the cowboy myth

Dark NoonFeaturing Mandla Gaduka, Katlego Kaygee Letsholonyana, Lillian Tshabalala-Malulyck, Bongani Bennedict Masango, Siyambonga Alfred Mdubeki, Joe Young, and Thulani ZwaneSt. Ann’s WarehouseJune 7, 2024 – July 7, 2024production site Projection screens, […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on June 18, 2024

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Women Count VII: Women and Non-Binary Hires Off-Broadway 2018/19, 2019/20, 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24

[Selection from June 2024 report, published June 11, 2024 on the Women Count report series page.] I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: WOMEN COUNT VII The Women Count project collects and publishes analyses of New York […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on June 11, 2024

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Small acts of puppetry and an intensely lived life revealed

Small Acts of Daring Invention Featuring Amanda Glynn Card, Simon Catillon, Takemi Kitamura, Ariel Lauryn, Andrew Murdock, and Tracy WellerMason Holdings Theatre | HERE Sublet SeriesMay 1, 2024 – June 1, […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on May 9, 2024

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2023: excavation review

2023 on-line and in-person theater and events on which I collaborated, attended, counted, worked on coalition building to support theater and its creatives.

By martha wade steketee Posted on December 31, 2023

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Letters From Max (a ritual)

[full review published in Time Out New York February 27, 2023.] From 2012 through 2016, playwright Sarah Ruhl exchanged letters with her student Max Ritvo, which she published in 2018 […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on February 28, 2023

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Women Count VI on Hiring Trends Off Broadway Released in May 2022

[as posted in the Counting Together initiative website “spotlight” section January 27, 2023.] The Women Count report series, authored by Martha Wade Steketee with Judith Binus, released its sixth report […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on January 27, 2023

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2022: excavation review

2022 was a continued return to viewing on line and in person theater, collaborating on theater, counting theater productions, and coalition-building on behalf of theater. The exhaustive (and exhausting) list […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on December 31, 2022

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Perspectives in Criticism from Helen Shaw, our monster in the audience

[Interview by Martha Wade Steketee at the 2022 ATCA New York City conference on November 11, 2022. Originally published published on the ATCA website December 30, 2022.] New York, December […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on December 30, 2022

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58th Annual Henry Hewes Design Awards streamed October 24, 2022

The 58th Henry Hewes Design Award Honors were announced September 28, 2022 and celebrated during a live-streamed awards ceremony October 24, 2022, hosted by committee chair and ATCA member Jeffrey […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on October 25, 2022

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Dan Sullivan | ATCA emeritus and founding member, mentor, teacher

Dan Sullivan, gentle mentor, director of the O’Neill Center National Critics Institute for many years, and co-founder of the American Theatre Critics Association, passed away Tuesday of natural causes at […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on October 7, 2022

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ATCANY2022 | Registration is open and New York City awaits

Registration is open for members and their guests for ATCANY2022 Reseated and In Person, ATCA’s first annual conference to be hosted in New York City since we began meeting at the O’Neill Center starting […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on October 6, 2022

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ATCANY2022 | New York annual meeting sites and programs being finalized

After many months of planning, ATCA will gather in New York City Friday November 11 — Sunday November 13, with a full weekend of programming and events that include access to […]

By martha wade steketee Posted on September 15, 2022

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