Interview with Saviana Stănescu: “One could say that I am a 17-year-old American playwright”
A well-known poet and journalist, Saviana Stănescu left Romania for the US thanks to a Fulbright...
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Interview With Sasha Marianna Salzmann: The Playwright
When asked about her background, she tends to respond, “I come from the theatre:” playwright and...
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Fresh Perspectives: A Selection of Madrid’s Brightest Young Theatrical Voices
Looking for new playwrights? Why not try young Spanish playwrights? Playwrights featured include Alberto Conejero, Álvaro Tato, Antonio Rojano, Carolina África, Gon Ramos, Iñigo Guardamino, Lucía Carballal, Manuel Benito, Nando J. López, Pablo Remón, Paco Bezerra, and Pilar G. Almansa.
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ASSITEJ SA Announces 2019 Playwriting Contest Winner
Each playwright on the shortlist was paired with an expert from the international ASSITEJ network of professionals for online mentoring, coaching, and dramaturgy.
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Christina Ham Talks The Blues And Black Women With Dominic-Madori Davis
Strange Fruit They were pronounced dead on the scene. Sunday morning, September 15th, 1968,...
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David Henry Hwang On Theatre, Trump, And Asian-American Identity
American writers don’t get much bigger than David Henry Hwang. The award-winning playwright’s...
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When Poetry Is The Protagonist: “Lugones,” The Lord Of All The Words
Traditional literary analysis has focused on a tripartite division of genres as if they were...
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“Gangsters Of Hong Kong:” A New Stage Play Fleshes Out Triad Drama
Hong Kong’s reputation as a safe city is well-deserved. It ranks frequently among the top 10...
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Navigating Korea and America: Meet Hansol Jung, Playwright of “Wild Goose Dreams” and “Cardboard Piano”
Hansol Jung is a playwright and director from South Korea. Her plays include Wild Goose Dreams (La...
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Who Is The Greatest Living British Playwright?
There is a simple dinner-party game that can be played at no ostensible cost. The host asks, “Who...
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Sin Muros: Interview with “City Without Altar” Poet and Playwright Jasminne Mendez
This February, writer Jasminne Mendez’s City Without Altar will receive a staged reading at Stages...
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Sin Muros: Interview with “Then They Forgot About the Rest” Playwright Georgina Escobar
This February, playwright Georgina Escobar’s Then They Forgot About the Rest will receive a staged...
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A Warrior Princess In The Coffee Shop
Isheeta Ganguly’s Sundays With Chitra And Chaitali brings to life once again, the tale of the...
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An Interview With Playwright Alexis Roblan
Alexis Roblan graduated from the University of Southern California’s MFA in Dramatic Writing...
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It’s Ella Hickson’s Moment (Of Honesty)
How her truth split critics and why she doesn’t really care Ella Hickson stopped worrying...
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David Edgar’s “Trying It On” At The Royal Court
Playwright David Edgar is lucky. To begin with, he appreciates his luck in having been born in...
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Robert Alan Evans’s “The Woods” at The Royal Court
Blackout. Dark, the color of childhood fear. Black, the color of despair. Black. No light visible;...
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Vinay Patel’s “An Adventure”: An Epic Reading of One Asian Family’s Global Migration Story
Director Madani Younis, who since 2011 has transformed the Bush Theatre in West London into one of...
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Jo Clifford’s “Losing Venice” at The Orange Tree Theatre
English-born and Scottish-based playwright Jo Clifford has been an astonishingly energetic and...
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Creative Strokes On A Historical Canvas: On Girish Karnad’s New Play “Rakshasa Tangadi”
Girish Karnad’s new play Rakshasa Tangadi puts the spotlight on Vijayanagar empire. More than his...
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