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Queer Surrealism in Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 20th Apr 2025 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review

Space Lesbians! Portals! Psychic Sisters! Oh my! These are just some of the elements introduced in...

“Shards of Chaotic Memory in Multicoloured Ink”

Posted by Margaret Rose | 16th Apr 2025 | Italy, Review, Theatre and Disability

At Milan’s Franco Parenti theatre, Shards of Chaotic Memory in Multicoloured Ink (Schegge di...

Julia Grogan’s Playfight at the Soho Theatre: Superbly Punchy Teen Drama That Electrifies The Senses And Engages The Emotions

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 15th Apr 2025 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review, United Kingdom

Coming of age stories are more or less all the same. But what distinguishes Julia Grogan’s...

Uncle Actor

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 12th Apr 2025 | Adaptation, New York, Review

Andrew Scott’s Vanya—a solo show in which he plays all the roles in Anton Chekhov’s classic...

Robert Icke’s Manhunt at the Royal Court Theatre: Terrifyingly Powerful Account Of Toxic Masculinity And Murderous Rage

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Apr 2025 | Documentary Theatre, Dramaturgy, Review, United Kingdom

Are we really in “a new era of male anger, societal discontent and rage”? This is what Royal Court...

“Liberation.” Roundabout Theatre. Look Back to Know Where You Are

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 7th Apr 2025 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Did you knit your scarf? A woman asked me while we were waiting in the line for the restroom. No!...

Self-Ish Dramaturgy: Personal Practice At The Kennedy Center College Theatre Festival

Posted by Aysha Zackria | 6th Apr 2025 | Dramaturgy, Essay, Festivals

I’m Aysha Zackria. I’m a 23 year old Queer Pakistani-American woman living in D.C. Through my...

Violence Is Not Fate. Change Is Possible

Posted by Berna Ataoğlu | 3rd Apr 2025 | Playwriting, Theatre and Gender, Turkey

Turkish writer, theatre critic, and academic Zehra İpşiroğlu’s book Woman Plays features...

The Beauty of Cultural Specificity in “Bubble Schmeisis”

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 2nd Apr 2025 | New York, Review, Theatre and Religion

The room is thick with steam (ok, it’s smoke machine smoke), an accordion and clarinet cycle...

I Am Not Afraid For The Future Of The Theatre

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 2nd Apr 2025 | Croatia, Interview, Transcultural Collaborations, Translation

An Interview with Ms. Zeljka Turcinovic – dramaturg, editor of magazines: Croatian Theatre and...

Underneath the Grass Roots

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 2nd Apr 2025 | New York, Review, Theatre and Art

Alice Childress has been having a moment the past few years. This extraordinary Black playwright,...

Chris Fung’s “The Society for New Cuisine” at Omnibus Theatre: Exceptionally Powerful Monologue About Grief And Mental Torment

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 28th Mar 2025 | Acting, London, Review, United Kingdom

Anxiety. Apprehension. Angst even. Yes, that’s the feeling that rises in me as I come into the...

The Rebellious Power of “Liberation” at Roundabout Theatre Company

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 27th Mar 2025 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender

Much like the women it centers on, Roundabout Theatre Company’s Liberation is rebellious and not...

Theatre “Haunts” People

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 26th Mar 2025 | Festivals, Interview, Playwriting, Romania

An Interview with Mr. Horia Gârbea – Playwright, dramaturg, translator, Bucaresti, Romania Horia...

Nikoletta Soumelidis’s Spent at the Old Red Lion Theatre: Intriguing And Suggestive Exploration Of Gender Roles

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Mar 2025 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

One of the joys of contemporary playwriting is its openness to flexible casting. In Ruby Thomas’s...

Getting To an Emotional Truth With Padraic Lillis

Posted by Marcina Zaccaria | 19th Mar 2025 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Producing, United States of America

Getting to the truth – the emotional truth and understanding. I think emotion more than ideology. It resonates with us is how we feel. I can understand that we can be in conflict, I have an emotional connection to both sides of an emotional argument. I not only resonate and feel seen, then I have a better understanding of the person whose thought was in opposition of me.