Teaching Manners to Build a Community
[article as originally published in TDF Stages, September 18, 2017.] MCC Theater’s new drama focuses on a one-of-a-kind charm school Northlight Theatre‘s artistic director, BJ Jones, was so taken with a […]
Women in Charge
[Original published in Prologue (the OSF member magazine), Fall 2017 .] Two playwrights, Kate Hamill and Karen Zacarías, prove that female characters are limited neither by their senses nor their destiny. […]
Are You Ready for a Resurrection?
[Original published in TDF Stages, September 13, 2017.] How a multimedia artist is bringing a Long Island family back to life — Alison S. M. Kobayashi has an offbeat hobby. […]
An Experimental Argument: Ethan’s Lipton’s Outer Space Odyssey Toward a Sustainable Life
[Original published in HowlRound, September 8, 2017.] Ethan Lipton has assembled a creative family of musicians and designers who have worked with him on a series of projects in New York […]
Theater Critic Helen Shaw: Monster in the Audience
[Original published in The Clyde Fitch Report, July 20, 2017.] Debates about cultural criticism question its relevance, who is and is not a critic, and the audience for critical writing. We believe critics […]
Cultural Omnivore, Arts Critic: The Vanguard of Jose Solis
[Original published in The Clyde Fitch Report, June 25, 2017.] Debates about cultural criticism question its relevance, who is and is not a critic, and the audience for critical writing. We […]
Parity, Politics, and Survival: WiTFESTNYC 2017
[Original published in The Brooklyn Rail, June 2017, posted May 28, 2017.] This June, the Women in Theatre Festival (with its creatively capitalized WiTFESTNYC tag) will unfurl its second year […]
How Diep Tran Hones Her Theater Criticism — With Anger
[Original published in The Clyde Fitch Report, May 25, 2017.] It is fashionable to debate the importance of cultural criticism. The debate questions what criticism is and who is and […]
Making More Space for Latinx Artists
[Original published in TDF Stages, May 5, 2017.] The Sol Project returns with a new production — A traumatized doctor named Moisés sits in a washtub filled with pineapples that […]
Finding the Personal in the Political
[Original published in TDF Stages, May 1, 2017.] How one social justice theatre company uses real-life stories to inspire its art — Last summer, Houses on the Moon, a socially focused, […]
Chris Rawson, Theater Critic, On Honoring August Wilson
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, March 12, 2017.] It is fashionable to debate the importance of cultural criticism. The debate questions what criticism is and who is […]
Catherine Filloux and Poetic Political Theater
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, February 28, 2017.] Poetry, design concepts, political themes and strong female characters distinguish the work of playwright and activist Catherine Filloux. […]
Bill Hirschman: Theater Criticism’s Cockeyed Optimist
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, February 12, 2017.] It is fashionable to debate the importance of cultural criticism. The debate questions what criticism is, who is and […]
Can a Playwright Be a Critic? Eliza Bent Says Yes
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, January 13, 2017.] It is fashionable to debate the importance of cultural criticism. The debate questions what criticism is, who is […]
Why Does a Play About the Internet Have a Realistic Set?
[article as originally published at TDF Stages, December 13, 2016.] The meaningful space of Tiny Beautiful Things. It might be about strangers communicating on the vast and anonymous internet, but […]
After Orlando: International Rapid Response Theatre
[article as originally published in Exeunt Magazine, December 12, 2016.] [Featured image caption: After Orlando reading in St. Louis, Missouri November 14, 2016. “Dance On” by Ian Rowlands. Image by […]
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