NPR's Scott Simon speaks with playwright Wallace Shawn and director André Gregory about their newest play, "What We Did Before Our Moth Days." They've been working together for five decades. A new ...

The Playwrights' Center, the Twin Cities' long-running incubator for new plays, has told supporters it is in a “financial crisis” driven by a mix of funding losses and shifting regulations. In a blunt ...

President Trump and his minions seem intent on doing everything they can to minimize the singular nature of the Black experience throughout American history, especially the role that racism has played ...

Director Megan Sandberg-Zakian’s love for theater started early. As a child, her father, R.N. Sandberg, a playwright and theater professor, took her to one of his classes at Cornish College of the ...

When Tracy Letts penned his play “Bug” 30 years ago, it seemed to come at a specific moment when conspiracy theories had become more integrated into mainstream society. Letts, who would go on to win a ...

After a few false starts trying to dive into the play, I found a deeply satisfying solution: I retyped the play in its entirety: not just reading it passively and taking notes, but actually writing ...

Playwright Justin Tanner, author of “Pot Mom,” “Little Theatre” and “Voice Lessons,” is one of the signal voices of L.A.’s wild and free intimate theater scene. He has not only written what might be ...

All Michael wanted to do was learn how to create an Excel spreadsheet. Unfortunately, the office worker failed to get answers from his manager or the senior managers above him. A trip further up the ...

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After an industry reading in New York last year, Matthew Lombardo’s new play “When Playwrights Kill” is headed to Boston’s Huntington Theatre. The world-premiere production will run from April 3-18.

Playwrights' Revolution is a new play festival hosted by Capital Stage, showcasing staged readings of diverse works from emerging playwrights. After opening submissions for just one week, the festival ...