David John Chávez is a theatre critic and reporter based in San Jose, California, with over 20 years of experience in educational theatre. In his reporting for us on efforts to help high school ...

A TCG co-executive director reminds us in our Winter 2025 issue that even in the middle of winter, it’s still possible to protest, organize, and cultivate a garden of hope for the future. This Winter ...

PHOENIX: Bobb Cooper, executive producer of Valley Youth Theatre, has announced his retirement after nearly three decades leading the organization. During his tenure, Cooper witnessed thousands of ...

This magazine launched in the spring of 1984, amid the reelection campaign of incumbent President Ronald Reagan and the Democratic primary to pick his challenger, Walter Mondale, who would later that ...

NEW YORK CITY: The Shubert Organization (TSO) has announced the members of its 2025 Artistic Circle, an initiative to provide assistance to BIPOC theatre producers with projects geared toward the ...

In this episode, Gabriela talks to the Pulitzer-winning playwright about his new triple-play in Miami, and Rob checks in with LA Times arts reporter Ashley Lee. Then editor-in-chief Rob Weinert-Kendt ...

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 ...

Critical Minded’s new report, ‘Topdogs and Underdogs,’ looks at the effects of the publishing industry’s contraction on writers of color, and recommends paths forward. “This report was prepared with ...

ORLANDO, FLA.: Cheryl Collins, known throughout central Florida as a leading development and executive leader, was recently named executive director of Orlando Shakes, in partnership with University ...

Their two-hander about cousins sharing grief and comparing plans for utopia is part of the writer’s growing body of work. a.k. payne. Said payne in a statement, “I am so grateful to receive this award ...

At high school theatre programs big and small, well funded and not, educators are stoking excitement and building a future, both for their students and for the art form. The second show I ever ...

If ratified, the deal would make the Atlantic the first regularly producing Off-Broadway nonprofit with a unionized production crew. NEW YORK CITY: Atlantic Theater Company and the International ...