In 2017, Kirsten Greenidge suggested that the playwrights’ responsibility in challenging times was to remain: present, agile and full of questions. What can her words tell us in these times?
Musician Martha Redbone pushes the boundaries between genre, culture and medium, creating a blend rooted in tradition, yet all her own.
Step into the spacey desert world of Next Forever resident Kate Douglas’s play-in-progress IF I FORGET THEE, O EARTH through an artist created mood board.
Francisco Morandi Zerpa, actor and BIPOC Critics Lab writer, explores representations of aging on stage, verbatim theater, and more.
Meet the R&D class of 2024-25, as well as the immensely talented group of finalists and semi-finalists, below.
Alison Kopit, Ann Marie Dorr, and Maggie Bridger weave visions of accessible and creative theatrical futures, hinging on a new mode of working called “access dramaturgy.”
In the following interview with historian Michael Waters, we explore the life and times of one of queer history’s forgotten figures: the translator, researcher, dancer, and ethnographer Jan Gay.
Genre-crossing actor and artist April Matthis chats with Extended Play about her role in the upcoming piece “Jérôme Bel (2021)” as the celebrated French choreographer.
Lauren Halvorsen tracks the comings, goings, hopes and dreams of the collaborative entity known as the Artistic Caucus.
Extended Play editor Faith Zamblé charts the winding journey of the Civilians’ R&D group from its inception to current day.
This piece was written in honor of Daniel Dennett, a principled thinker, teacher, writer, philosopher and friend of the Civilians who passed away in April 2024.
“Mr. Burns” is back and more electric than ever! Explore the creation of this piece in advance of its 10th anniversary concert reading at Playwrights Horizons.
How might we, as theater artists, respond to the current crisis in Palestine? Beto O’Byrne offers some ideas, answers, and responses.
This year’s gala highlights the work of playwright Anne Washburn and actress Quincy Tyler Bernstine, two women near and dear to the Civilians’ ethos and oeuvre. In light of this, we are revisiting one of their early collaborations: THE LADIES.
On the occasion of the publication of their new books, Extended Play advisory board members Aaron Landsman and Jan Cohen-Cruz talked together about one of the themes in their work, the “civic turn” in theater.
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