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African American drama, theater and performance has a rich and complex history. Only recently,...
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To read Part 1 of this interview, click here. Nahm: Let’s talk now about Texas Aunt. I said...
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Daily Life under State Violence: Interview with South Korean Playwright Yun Mi Hyun, Part 1
Yun Mi Hyun is a playwright based in South Korea. After writing fiction and poetry in her early...
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More Morisseau: “Skeleton Crew” by Dominique Morisseau
Skeleton Crew is Dominique Morisseau’s best play so far. It’s the most streamlined work in her...
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Emerging Playwright Embarks on Gershwin Era Musical
American playwright and concert pianist, William Robert Martin, is an emerging artist whose star...
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“Chasing Hares” at the Young Vic
While Britain is experiencing a “summer of discontent”, with inflation, strikes and other...
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About “Dog/Actor” at the Etcetera Theatre
Yesterday evening I went to see Dog/Actor at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden. Written by Steven...
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“The Years of Crows” at National Theatre, Belgrade
National Theatre, Belgrade, premiere 12th March 2022 The Years of Crows is the great comeback for...
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”Seven Women in Search of Mia” or ”Breast Cancer Trilogy” (A Postproduction Reflection)
In 2011, I published my first medical humanities book, Transacting Sites of the Liminal Bodily...
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Mukha Mugam Returns to the Stage with “The View From Above,” A Macbeth-Inspired Political Satire
For most of the last two years, Bengaluru-based actor and playwright Spatica Ramanujam was feeling...
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“Lotus Beauty,” Hampstead Theatre
Theatre is slowly recovering from the effects of the pandemic, and many shows which were canceled...
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“House of Ife,” Bush Theatre
In the past, most plays by black-British writers have been about the legacy of the Windrush...
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The Meaning of Theater: Slava Stepnov’s “Flawed Choir” at the Steps Theatre
“All the world’s a stage,” says a character in William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” “Life...
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“The Haunting of Susan A” at The King’s Head Theatre
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Walking out of the spiffy new production of Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out, my canny friend Tom,...
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Why do we still remember theater that became history many decades ago? How do we remember plays...
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Andriy Bondarenko is the dramaturg of the Puppet Theater in Lviv, Ukraine, where he lives, but he...
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Egyptian Playwright Rasha Abd Elmonem: A Passion for Theatre
Rasha Abd Elmonem — a playwright, independent theatre activist, and head of the training program...
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