Trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming artists weren’t welcome at the stage door. They found their own way in—and they’re holding the door open for others. Days in the lives of theatre folks ...

5 plays about the history of gender nonconformity created by TGNC artists have been commissioned, which the artists will spend the next 2 years developing. “I was really excited to amplify artists ...

Though many have regained pre-pandemic attendance levels, theatres remain behind other cultural organizations, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance found. “Philadelphia is home to one of the ...

In the first edition of our new column: a dive into some data about the coming theatre season across the U.S. and in NYC. Our annual fall season preview listings are one place we can find out. As ...

An Asian American theatremaker reflects on the intent and impact of Broadway’s ‘Maybe Happy Ending,’ and the precedent its latest casting decision may set. AAPAC noted MHE’s South Korea setting, and ...

6 writers from abroad who make theatre in the U.S. reflect on their craft and careers in a cultural climate that feels freshly fraught and urgent. That’s an Agnès Varda quote I love. I think about it ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.: In a new FY26 appropriations bill proposal for the interior, environment, and related agencies released today, the House Appropriations Interior Subcommittee recommended 35 percent ...

As the industry is still recovering from pandemic closures, new data shows we’re not out of the woods yet. Sarah Clare Corporandy’s chest clenched with anxiety as the first lockdown orders were issued ...

One day in a theatre class, my college’s technical director projected some bleak employment stats from Actors’ Equity on the wall and explained that life in the business would be tough. This was about ...

In November 2022, Lisa Smith was weighing whether to continue stage managing or to scale up her part-time job at a gardening center into a full-time gig. She’d been stage managing in the Twin Cities ...

Every time the disabled dance ensemble Kinetic Light wraps up a production, they leave a wave of change in their wake. That is always their plan. Before the ensemble agrees to perform at a venue, they ...

Snakes on the sidewalk. No, it’s not a new Samuel L. Jackson movie. The snakes are real, and are just one of the seemingly endless challenges facing summer theatre companies and festivals as they ...