The Trouble with Ghosts and Secrets: Sheik and Jarrow’s Whisper House
Read what our Editorial Associate Leah Putnam and others have to say about The Civilians’ new musical Whisper House, running at 59E59 through February 6.
The Money Follows the Child: Ethan Lipton’s “Talent Show” Tackles American Education
The Civilians presents a workshop of Ethan Lipton’s new musical Talent Show which dives into the issue of charter schools and the American education system with humor.
Teaching Investigative Theater: An Interview with Alison Weller
The Civilians’ Leah Putnam sits down with Associate Artist and professor Alison Weller to talk about creating and teaching investigative theater.
Roma Theatermakers, Roma Stories: Plays from the Roma Theater Retrospective
A look at a selection of the plays livestreaming as part of the Roma Theater Retrospective 2021, the stories they tell, and the Roma theatermakers behind them. Watch the plays via HowlRound between November 29 and December 10.
The Last Stand: Kamala Sankaram’s Experimental Opera About the Mother Tree
Composer Kamala Sankaram talks about how she tells the story of the Mother Tree to the humans and trees of Prospect Park in her experimental opera The Last Stand.
Prelude Festival 2021: Communing Digitally
This year’s Prelude Festival at the Segal Center offered a range of free performances, panels, and talks online including plays by Sybil Kempson, A Host of People, and members of the Hatch Arts Collective.
Dana H.: Insights from Steve Cosson on the Broadway Hit
Steve Cosson shares an inside look at the Broadway success’s roots at The Civilians, his experiences interviewing Dana Higginbotham, and what Dana H. accomplishes. Playing now through January at the Lyceum Theatre.
The Civilians’ Siting Yang Interrogates Neo-Colonialism in New Play HoD
Siting Yang presents her latest work, HoD, a docufiction play that investigates neo-colonialism with a modern Chinese perspective and loosely adapts Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.
LABOR: Tylie Shider Explores Work and the American Dream With Dark Comedy
Former Civilians’ R&D Group member Tylie Shider’s dark comedy LABOR provides laughs and a thought-provoking exploration of labor and the American Dream.
One Year Later: Artists Present Survivor Testimonies of Beirut Explosion
A group of Lebanese artists with Golden Thread Productions in San Francisco as well as Al Madina Theatre and The Legal Agenda in Beirut present a theatrical reading of verbatim testimonies of the Beirut explosion of Aug. 4, 2020. Following the reading, the panel discussed processing that trauma and the role of art.
Accountability in Owen McCafferty’s Titanic: The Court Theatre, COVID-19, and Courtrooms in American Politics
Discussing the Court Theatre’s recent production of Owen McCafferty’s play Titanic: Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry, 1912, the parallels to current issues in American society and its use of sound design bring the courtroom drama close to home.
University of Kansas Theatre Students Provide Pandemic Snapshots with “Changemakers”
A collection of vignettes gives University of Kansas Theatre & Dance students a chance to speak about the collective experiences of America during the pandemic in “Changemakers.”
R&D in Review: Celebrating 10 Years of Fostering Creation and Community
The Civilians celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the R&D Group with this look at its members and their work.
Neuroqueering Spaces and Relationships in (Post-) Pandemic Theater
The Civilians discusses expanding accessibility, inclusivity, and experimentation in (post-)pandemic theater with Cortland Nesley, neurodiversity consultant for the recently extended show Black Feminist Video Game.