How can theater re-connect us with our humanity? Theatermaker and writer Dezi Tibbs explores this question in a conversation with R&D alum Francisco Mendoza.
Anne Washburn’s newest play, THE BURNING CAULDRON OF FIERY FIRE, asks if, in creating new futures, we can ever outrun the past.
Get to know the artists who will be a part of this year’s R&D group, along with our amazing finalists and semi-finalists!
Extended Play (re)visits one of Michael Friedman’s early works, the ill-fated musical STRANGER, that explores sex, transformation and failure.
James La Bella talks to multi-disciplinary artist, director and designer Jessica Mitrani about artistic practice, Jungian psychology and more for Extended Play.
Khristián Méndez Aguirre discusses the theatrical “unnaturalism” at the heart of his new play about the 2024 forest fires in Guatemala and decolonizes traditional representations of nature in Western theater and media.
R&D group member Francisco Mendoza shares about the inspiration behind his new play USCIS: IMMIGRANT NIGHTMARES DIVISION and the impact of American imperialism on the global imagination.
Next Forever playwright Kareem Fahmy chronicles the winding journey of his play “Riparian States” and the challenges and joys of telling big stories.
R&D group member and documentarian Ash Marinaccio weaves photos and theory to talk about “2024, Spring,” her newest piece about student resistance on college campuses and what it means to dream up new worlds.
Extended Play sits down (virtually) with playwright Anne Washburn to talk about her infamous “murder board”, generational differences in the theater, and the currency of enjoyment.
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