What If We Valued Theatre Like We Value Parks?
Imagine if we made arts and culture as free and accessible—and as beautiful—as places like Prospect Park.
View ArticleO Wendy! My Wendy!
Though it’s hardly her finest work, a new production of ‘An American Daughter’ offers a welcome chance to consider Wendy Wasserstein’s unique contributions to American theatre and beyond.
View ArticleOffscript Top 10: Kimberly Belflower & Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Play Well With...
On this annual special episode, we announce the Top 10 Most-Produced Plays and Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights of the coming season, and are joined by 2 of the latter for a wide-ranging conversation.
View Article‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ and August Wilson Top This Year’s Most-Produced...
Kimberly Belflower’s popular drama will be the most-produced play in the 2026-27 season (apart from ‘A Christmas Carol’), and Wilson will be the most-produced author (aside from Shakespeare).
View ArticlePeople to Watch: Mfoniso Udofia
The playwright behind the Ufot Family Cycle chats about making theatre more community-oriented and humane, and how to make Black girls fly.
View ArticleAdrienne Dawes Had to Tell Her Own Story
The playwright of 'You Are Pretty,' 'Am I White,' and 'Teen Dad' talks about growing up as a mixed-race adoptee in Texas and finding her voice as a Chicago sketch performer.
View ArticleFugue Off: Brian Cox Plays a Well-Tempered Bach in ‘The Score’
A chat with the acclaimed actor and his wife, Nicole Ansari-Cox, onstage now in Oliver Cotton's new play at Shakespeare Theatre in D.C.
View ArticleHorton Foote Prize, Champion Playwriting Fellowship, MENA Grants, and More
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
View ArticleNYC’s Theatre Row Announces New Studio Residency
4 companies will be selected to be residents at the multi-theatre complex for a 10-month season running February-November.
View ArticleFeatured Contributors
A report on the NEA, and a deep dive into Hmong communities in Minneapolis.
View ArticleCan the American Theatre Unlearn Racism?
Going beyond diversity statements, antiracist theatre practices promise a liberatory future for all.
View ArticleThe Sol Project Marks 10 Years With SolFest 2026
This year’s festival marks 10 years of the Sol Project, 9 years of SolFest, and 4 years of the NSP Latine Shortsfest.
View ArticleThe Real Movement Was Where We Weren’t Looking
We shouldn't mistake the end of a funding arrangement for the end of the culture that funding once carried.
View ArticlePittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Public to Merge as Confluence Theater
Dr. Brett Ashley Crawford and Kyle Haden will lead the newly combined organization.
View ArticleCurt Columbus Stages His ‘Getaway’ From Trinity Rep
The historic Providence theatre’s artistic director, whose last play at its leader is 'The Getaway Driver,' recalls his two-decade tenure, and talks about what's next.
View ArticleBlack Theatre’s Family Reunion
Every other year since 1989, the International Black Theatre Festival has gathered theatremakers and fans for a celebration of Black artistry and excellence.
View ArticleThe Time Sam Shepard Taught Playwriting Way Out West
Recruited by Padua Hills Playwrights founder Murray Mednick, Shepard joined an ad-hoc faculty in 1978 for the experimental workshop. Among his pupils: a young David Henry Hwang.
View ArticleWhat Else Is New: From ‘Gilgamesh’ to ‘Basquiat’
The cup overfloweth in this nationwide roundup of new stage works.
View ArticleSun Valley Resident Playwright, Sloan Commissions, Princess Grace Awards, and...
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
View ArticleTCG to Publish Flynn Center, Blackburn Prize’s ‘Women+ On the Edge of Democracy’
Featuring more than 30 short plays by women+ playwrights, the new anthology is also a civic initiative activating theatres nationwide before the fall midterms.
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