The finalist for the Ladder Commission is Aditi Pradhan. Semifinalists for the Ladder Commission are Diane Exavier, Jesse Jae Hoon, Utkarsh Rajawat, Nathan Yungerberg, Azudi Onyejekwe, T.J.L, Mariam ...

The playwright, screenwriter, and musician talks about juggling various projects, how to manage the emotional ups and downs in an unpredictable career path, and the value of teaching. Each month on ...

On this jam-packed episode, we talk to the star and director of ‘Hedda Gabler’ at the Old Globe, the writer and co-director of a new take on ‘Pal Joey’ at ...

Phanésia Pharel’s new play explores both the common ground and the divides between a Haitian mother and her U.S.-born daughter. Water has always been tempting subject matter for Black female writers, ...

Among my community of D.C. artists, something that has always inspired me is our ability to place art and joy directly next to anger. That is life here. Our latest source of the fire: Come July 4, ...

Yosimar Reyes’s new play at Teatro Visión in San Jose explores the inter-generational defenses of Latine folks targeted by ICE raids. “I have these little red cards,” says Ignacio, a young immigrant ...

A just and thriving theatre ecology begins with information for all. At American Theatre our mission is to provide coverage of the nonprofit theatre, in the U.S. and around the world. We’re a ...

86-year-old Nicki Cochrane, a tireless fixture of New York theatre audiences, sees 500 shows a year, by any means necessary. Inside Art Cake, a cavernous Brooklyn venue where whispers carry as they ...

Attendance and funding may be down at many U.S. theatres, but the variety of creative responses to crisis and precarity is ever increasing. It’s no secret that the nation’s resident theatres didn’t ...

On Monday, Aug. 18, 1919, the best stage show in New York wasn’t on Broadway. It was raining in the city, and there was a subway strike. Yet 500 standees had crowded into the auditorium at the ...

Clocking the missed opportunities, missteps, and outright transphobic tropes in 3 currently running musicals. Patten has said that she decided to continue to play Jo to honor all the queer people who ...