Eleanor Fitzsimons on Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernhardt, and the Troubled History of Salomé|Michael Lueger, Eleanor FitzsimonsIn this episode, Michael Lueger talks to author Eleanor Fitzsimons about Oscar ...

|Georgia "George" Evans, SB TennentIranian Girlfriend explores the complex relationship between fact and fiction—a dynamic that played out in its journey from autobiographical essay to autofictional p...

|Ash Marinaccio, Camille Simone Thomas, Khristián Méndez Aguirre, Lyndsey Bourne, Phoebe CordeAsh Marinaccio and the 2024-2025 Civilians R&D Group discuss investigative theatre, how artists blend rese...

|Ash Marinaccio, Baha Sadr, Chris Ackley, Ana Bess Moyer Bell, Eve Kerrigan, Noga PaulinoAsh Marinaccio speaks with the Creative Pathways team at the Genesis Center in Providence, RI, about how docume...

|Ash Marinaccio, Greg Pierotti, Cristiana GiordanoAsh Marinaccio takes a deep dive into how anthropology and theatre collide as Cristiana Giordano and Greg Pierotti share the origins of their collabor...

|Elizabeth McQueen, Sara PorkalobWhat levels of change and accountability are we responsible for? Professor Elizabeth McQueen sits down with artist-activist Sara Porkalob to consider this question in ...

|Tomi EndterPlaywright Tomi Endter imagines a future fifty years from now when American theatre has finally centered Native voices. She looks back at how the industry transformed from exclusion to the...

|Madeline EasleyMadeline Easley details an experience working with the Wyandots of Kansas while writing a new play for Kansas City Repertory Theatre that touched on deep, nuanced, multi-governmental p...

|Chingwe Padraig SullivanChingwe Padraig Sullivan shares findings and impacts of the recent Native Theatre Community Town Hall on representation, erasure, and accountability in the American theatre, w...

|Quita Sullivan, Mary Kathryn Nagle, Betsy RichardsNative theatremakers have been combatting harmful representations of Native people in theatre for many years. Quita Sullivan, Mary Kathryn Nagle, and...

|Tara MosesTara Moses introduces the series The Unspoken Treaty: The Pattern, Impact, and Disruption of Silencing Native Voices, outlines how the “American theatre” got here, details key takeaways fro...

|Ash Marinaccio, Scott IllingworthAsh Marinaccio talks with Scott Illingworth, founder of the Verbatim Salon, where actors perform real stories from those navigating the US immigration system. They ex...

|Ash Marinaccio, Mei Ann Teo, Jane Jung, Sara ZatzOn the debut episode of the Nonfiction Theatre Forum, Ash speaks with Pink Fang’s leadership about evolving documentary and community-based theatre, e...

|Murielle Borst TarrantMurielle Borst-Tarrant asks herself why she’s still creating. Amid loss and chaos and life’s ongoing minor dramas, she returns over and over again to the work.

|Lauren HalvorsenIn its second and final year, the Artistic Caucus aimed to integrate its collaborative model into the workflows and budgets of four theatres while providing freelance artists with acc...

|Yura Sapi, Alex MedaAlexandra Meda, founder of Culture Change Lab, discusses mediation and facilitation at various predominantly white organizations, and championing change work on the professional a...

|Maridee SlaterMaridee Slater invites theatremakers to think beyond graduate school credentials and gatekeepers to preserve the embodied practices that allow us to see each other and collaborate acros...

|Maridee SlaterMaridee Slater invites theatremakers to think beyond graduate school credentials and gatekeepers to preserve the embodied practices that allow us to see each other and collaborate acros...

|Yura Sapi, Nadia GarzónNadia Garzón, founder and executive director of Descolonizarte Teatro in Orlando, Florida, prioritizes a decolonial arts practice by uplifting Latinx, queer, and immigrant voic...

|Lizzie RajchelThe creators of After, There Will Be Flowers want to shift the narratives of intimate partner violence from perpetration to healing. Lizie Rajchel, the project’s co-creator, describes s...

|Sophie PellPub theatres bring theatre to communities in the United Kingdom through the combined business model of a performance venue and pub. Sophie Pell, who both makes and watches pub theatre, det...

|Yura Sapi, R. Réal Vargas AlanisR. Réal Vargas Alanis, founder of In The Margin (ITM), discusses how they dreamed up ITM and the mentorship programs and residencies they offer as a multidisciplinary ...

|Yura Sapi, Theresa ChavezThe founder of About…Productions, Theresa Chavez, highlights the role of the arts in enlightening and moving people and centers equity in her theatre work and youth education...

|Joe LaRoccaThis is a call for diversity, equity, and inclusion in pit orchestra hiring. Joe LaRocca surfaces inequities embedded in the current contractor system of pit musician hiring, as well as so...

|Robert HubbardThe Commonweal Theatre Company acts as a model for thriving theatre in a rural setting. Robert Hubbard details the ways the company’s resident ensemble operates, highlighting their arti...

Multi-camera Performance Video of Five Shows Presented for a Limited Time by the Independent Theater Hungary|The seventh edition of the Roma Heroes International Theater Festival took place in May 202...

|Yura Sapi, Ron HimesFounder of the Black Rep, Ron Himes, was an arts patron as a young man turned theatre founder. Undergoing several name changes since its conception, the Black Rep’s evolution is r...

|Jayme KilburnSince her arrival at a small liberal arts college in Kentucky, Jayme Kilburn has grown its theatre program into a valued local cultural institution. By positioning theatre as a social se...

|Tiến NguyễnIn Ryan “Oki” Naka’s hands The Golden Girls are reinvented as “The Golden Gays”: four queer Hawaiians navigating middle age in Waikiki Beach. Through love, friendship, and resistance, Nguy...

|Georgina EscobarGeorgina HL Escobar believes the impossible can be written into existence and shares that the power of imagination is the first step towards active realization.

|Jonathan MandellXhloe and Natasha made Edinburgh Festival Fringe history with three consecutive award-winning shows, but even the most successful Fringe acts struggle to break even. Jonathan Mandell ...

|Yura Sapi, Chels MorganChels Morgan, founder of Intimacy by Chels Morgan, speaks on accessibility within theatre spaces for nueroexpansive and disabled folks, creating your own opportunities, and the...

|Jordan SchildcroutLass uns die Welt vergessen: Volksoper 1938 stages Austria’s fascist past, reckoning with the ghosts of Nazism and their legacies. For Jordan Schildcrout, the docudrama-metamusical ...

A Latinx-led playwriting series featuring writers/theatremakers from across the U.S.|Tlaloc Rivas presented the Latinx Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Colman Domingo livestreamed on the global, com...

|Yura Sapi, Gabriela Sanchez , Erlina OrtizCo-founders Gabi Sanchez and Erlina Ortiz share their journeys of co-founding Power Street Theatre; being lifelong business partners; and creating a multicul...

|Kiyo Gutiérrez, Teddy Mangawa, Dijana Milosevic, Ada Mukhína, Tra NguyenAda Mukhina sits down with global artists and theatremakers—Kiyo Gutiérrez from Mexico, Teddy Mangawa from Zimbabwe, Dijana Mil...

|Todd London, László UporFrom a four-mile-long human chain to a torchlight ceremony in the rain—the playful, passionate demonstrations and symbols that arose from Hungary's Freeszfe movement inspired ...

|Cynthia P. SchneiderCynthia Schneider reviews artists’ influence on political change in the twentieth century and today, tracing an evolution of cultural diplomacy toward local artists. Her talk, ori...

|Dennis OBIRE, Cornelius Onyekaba , Eseovwe EmakunuTo raise awareness of environmentally destructive behaviors in their community, faculty and students at Dennis Osadebay University adapted a poem abo...

|Joan LancourtJunior Programs, Inc brought the values of democracy and racial and ethnic diversity to children across the United States through an innovative, decentralized model that featured compreh...

|Yura Sapi, Elisa BocanegraHERO Theatre founder Elisa Bocanegra reflects on mentor-mentee relationships, becoming an ancestor, and healing through the arts. Rooted between the Los Angeles Latine commu...

|Dávid SomlóDávid Somló discusses key trends in the growing field of spatially focused transdisciplinary performances that center audience experience, highlighting examples across several potential di...

|Arseniy FariatievSeveral characters are played by one performer in I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan. In an analysis that spans from ancient Greece to contemporary Russia, Arseniy Fariatiev argue...

|Anne MasonThrough one-on-one transformational encounters, Oakley Boycott’s SENSES build community in the mountains of Wyoming. Anne Mason tracks the development of the series—including SILENCE, ECHO,...

|Yura Sapi, Sona TatoyanHakawati founder Sona Tatoyan tells the story of her great-great-grandfather, growing up during the Armenian genocide, spending summers in Aleppo, and how art is an inheritance...