October 5, 2017COLOSSAL: A Playwright and An Actor Toss the Ball Back and Forth Ben Coleman interviews Andrew Hinderaker, playwright of Colossal.Titles/
October 2, 2017Pittsburgh Public Theater on Making Theatre More Accessible Learn more about the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s efforts to make theatre more accessible through I-Caption and D-Scriptive services.Community/
September 29, 2017The Essential Truth of A Raisin in the Sun and Theatre in Our Time Cynthia P. Schneider discusses the importance of art in today’s society, A Raisin in the Sun and, how this play connected people across the world.Community/
September 29, 2017An Analysis of Othello in RED VELVET by Christina Malcolmson, Professor Emerita of English at Bates College.Titles/
September 27, 2017Playwright Feature: A Chat With Jiehae Park Learn more about the playwright behind the words of PEERLESS and HANNAH AND THE DREAD GAZEBO.Authors/
September 27, 2017Company One Theatre & Unconventional Spaces Company One’s partnership with, and celebration of the purpose of the Library as a public good, is tied up in the ideas at the heart of Peerless: that the scarcity of access to information — to education — is like a social cancer.Community/
September 25, 2017Top 10 Plays About Family Did you know today is #FamilyDay? In celebration, we’ve compiled a Top Ten list of our plays and musicals that capture the complex, tumultuous, and beautiful relationships that come with being a part of a family.Titles/
September 19, 2017Getting the Dirt on Sweet Smell of Success Scott Miller at New Line Theatre, St. Louis talks about their experience performing The Sweet Smell Of Success.Titles/
September 18, 2017Top 10 Female-Driven Musicals We’ve created a list of 10 musicals that are each a perfect, and unique, showcase for your school or community’s most talented leading ladies!Titles/
September 12, 2017Fun Home Is The Story Of Our Home Heather Akers, partner at Iowa’s Giving Tree Theatre, finds her own home in FUN HOME.Community/
September 11, 2017Thespian Identity Blazing: My Experience at International Thespian Festival A dedicated Thespian shares her love for summers in Nebraska at the International Thespian Festival.Community/
August 31, 2017#ReadABookDay: Our Staff Shares Their Reads! Check out our staff’s current reads on National Read A Book Day!Community/
August 31, 2017Get Smart What’s the first step to producing SMART PEOPLE by Lydia Diamond? Getting smart.Productions/
August 31, 2017Knowing the People of Newtown: 26 Pebbles Eric Ulloa’s docu-drama style play examines the story of the Sandy Hook shooting. Learn more about the premiere production here.Productions/
August 29, 2017Playwright Feature: Mac Rogers Learn more about playwright Mac Rogers in this interview with Adam Szymkowicz.Authors/
August 24, 2017A Tribute to Martha Lavey On April 25, 2017, Martha Lavey – a leading lady of Chicago theatre – passed away. Here, a friend and colleague gives a heartwarming tribute.Community/
August 22, 2017On Stage Directions Don’t miss this excerpt from Rob Urbinati’s “Play Readings: A Complete Guide for Theatre Practitioners,” focused on the use of stage directions in readings.Community/
August 22, 2017On Music Stands Don’t miss this excerpt from Rob Urbinati’s “Play Readings: A Complete Guide for Theatre Practitioners,” focused on the use of music stands in readings.Community/
August 16, 2017An Artist Celebration: The Impact of Joe Orton 2017 marks the 50th Anniversary of the untimely death of playwright Joe Orton.Authors/
August 16, 2017Political Theatre: Revisiting Joe Orton’s Loot Political theatre doesn’t always break records at the box office. We’ve got to keep the lights on and often rely on commercial, well-known works to sell tickets. So where do we turn? Perhaps now is a good moment to look again at Loot by Joe Orton.Titles/
August 16, 2017Theatre of NOTE’s Welcome To The White Room: The Future of Artificial Intelligence? White Room has the unique ability to bring you into that world with ease and keep you there as the story unfolds on many levels.Titles/
August 10, 2017Writing the “Lesbian” Play: Audrey Cefaly Reflects on THE GULF Deepwater Horizon had just blown up, killing 11 crewmen and gushing oil into the Gulf. It was all anyone was talking about.The Gulf. The Gulf. The Gulf. I thought to myself, what a great name for a play.Titles/
August 2, 2017Takeaways from The Sweet Smell of Success Scott Miller explores what he learned when working on Sweet Smell of Success.Titles/
August 1, 2017Approaching The Vertical Hour Wisconsin director Mark Flagg explores political tension amongst families in this classic play.Productions/
July 26, 2017An interview with Orbert Davis Jared Bellot spoke with renowned jazz musician Orbert Davis, who composed and recorded the original music for Paradise Blue, to discuss his 30-year career, his approach to working on the play, and the power of jazz.Community/
July 26, 2017Tony & Emmy Award Winner Mandy Patinkin Returns to Broadway in GREAT COMET After nearly 17 years, Tony and Emmy Award winner Mandy Patinkin will make his long-awaited return to Broadway in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 starring as ‘Pierre’.Productions/
July 25, 2017More Than a Theater: IRIS Collaboration Makes Theater Accessible The Playhouse collaborated with IRIS to broadcast the audio description, out loud, at one performance of The Miracle Worker for the entire audience to experience.Community/
July 25, 2017Expanding Upon the Canon of Latinx Plays: Spotlight on Tanya Saracho Check out our latest playwright feature on Tanya Saracho!.Authors/
July 25, 2017A Feminine Ending Treem reminds us that the underlying problem still lurks: could it be that, no matter how hard Amanda works, or how talented she is, she will always come in second, simply for being female?Titles/
July 25, 2017Oscar Wilde in America “America is not a country, but a world,” Wilde said admiringly. It was a world that welcomed him and gave him an audience, that allowed him to develop his nascent thoughts on art, that gave him the opportunity to travel and live off his considerable wits, and that took him seriously and produced his first play.Titles/
July 21, 2017Getting Ready to GLOW GLOW, one of the summer’s biggest TV hits, has audiences digging into the nostalgia of the 80’s and cheering for women that kick butt.Authors/
July 18, 2017The Politics in Plays: August Wilson In 2017, the August Wilson Monologue Competition expanded to included student written essays. Check out the top three here.Community/