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Inside Chicago Court Theatre’s “Berlin”–Turning a Graphic Novel into Live Theatre: An Exclusive Interview with Playwright Mickle Maher

Posted by Susanna Sun | 24th Dec 2025 | Adaptation, Interview, United States of America

Praised by the Houston Chronicle as “one of the most original voices in American theater today,”...

Jordan Cheng: The Genial Striver Of Hong Kong Musical Theatre

Posted by Molly Grogan Zolima CityMag | 19th Jul 2024 | Hong Kong, Interview, Musical Theatre

Is Jordan Cheng for real? The 37-year-old actor, singer, and composer is everywhere these days....

AI, Sci-Fi, Neuroscience and ChatGPT – An Interview with Playwright Saviana Stănescu

Posted by Anne Hamilton | 30th Nov 2023 | Interview, New York, Theatre and AI, Transmedia, United States of America

Within the past six years, prominent Romanian playwright Saviana Stănescu has written two “AI...

Meeting The Public Is The Most Important Incentive For Those Who Do Theatre: An Interview With Walter Prete

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 14th Aug 2023 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Italy, Translation

Walter Prete is a playwright, author, actor, educator, dramaturg, and director. Born in 1991 in...

“A Place Of Comfort In The Square:” Once Upon A Time In Baku Or Memory Of The Heart

Posted by Seyyare Khalfina | 23rd Jun 2023 | Adaptation, Azerbaijan, Review

The smooth curves of the fancy building, with no sharp angles, were embraced by the spicy Baku...

“Love”—A Dissenting View

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 2nd Apr 2023 | Devised Theatre, Documentary Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom, United States of America

Alexander Zeldin’s Love— a much-celebrated, quietly confrontational, British-devised piece from...

Veteran Thespian Launches Collection of Original Plays

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 18th Sep 2021 | Kenya, News, Playwriting

“We have in essence what could be the most beautiful country in the world, we have great weather, we have friendlier people than I have met travelling elsewhere, and every seven years or so, somebody gives us an order and we sharpen our machetes and putting things alight! For those of us of a certain sensibility, this is stupid and what can we do about it? I knew I didn’t want to be the MP of my rural home area but I could write plays…”

Repertoire Readings: Connecting the Past to the Present: Farinaz Kavianifar Interview with Ruhollah Jafari

Posted by Farinaz Kavianifar | 21st Mar 2021 | Directing, Interview, Iran

Giti Theatre Group broke records raising funds for flood victims in Lorestan, Iran with a...

Playwright Tara Beagan Wins 2020 Siminovitch Prize In Theatre

Posted by Capital Critics' Circle | 23rd Feb 2021 | Canada, Playwriting

November 26, 2020 – OTTAWA (Canada) – Ntlaka’pamux playwright Tara Beagan has been named the 2020...

Interview with Playwright Espi Tomičić. Part I: Earning an Identity

Posted by Jelena Gvozden | 31st Jul 2020 | Croatia, Interview, Playwriting

Espi Tomičić is a new playwright on the Croatian theatre scene but already garnered attention for...

Anya Richkind: The Spontaneous Playwright in Experimental Theatre

Posted by Ziming Jim Liu | 9th May 2020 | Interview, Playwriting, United States of America

Anya Richkind is an emerging Brooklyn-based playwright who has taken many different roles in...

A Café in Performance: An Example of Queer Theatre in the Balkans

Posted by Borisav Matić | 17th Feb 2020 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, News, Serbia

“The Queer Café: Hear Our Voices from the Balkans, the project I’ve been working on as a dramaturg and translator, with the US playwright, director and activist Joan Lipkin, has been a precious experience. It has also energized the local community that’s gathered around the Pride Info Center in Belgrade, where the show premiered.” – Borisav Matić