Carlyle Brown and Todd London discuss Brown’s play Down in Mississippi about the civil rights movement in 1964 as people across the United States continue fighting for voting rights.
Advisory Board Member Carol Martin talks with theater artist Rabih Mroué about his decades of work, the status of truth, and making theater without actors in this Segal Center talk from 2020.
The Civilians looks back on the long journey to the stage for its latest production Whisper House by Duncan Sheik and Kyle Jarrow. On stage now through February 6.
As we look forward to The Civilians’ upcoming presentation of Alix Lambert’s Courtroom, we take a look at a past interview with Lambert on her work “Crime: The Animated Series.” An evolution of this work, Lambert’s CRIME:IRL is in development to be staged later this year at The Model in Sligo, Ireland by Patrick Karl Curley.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Originally published for American Theatre Magazine, associate editor Jerald Raymond Pierce interviewed Sahar Assaf, a Lebanese theatremaker putting down roots in San Francisco who brings a global perspective and an open door to her new job as Executive Artistic Director of Golden Thread Productions.
In this article by playwright, director, and actor Kelley Van Dilla, they discuss how their latest play, LET GO OF ME, gave them the creative space to reflect on and grow from their personal experiences. LET GO OF ME is an exploration of Kelley’s life, including their gender identity, sexuality, and experiences with their mother who has bipolar disorder.
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.”
Giving Birth, an interview-based devised play co-created by Zhiyong Zhao and Mulan Community Service Center, centers the authentic accounts of a group of female migrant workers in Beijing on the pain of childbirth.
Listen to R&D Group members Noelle Viñas and Galia Backal’s podcast about the creation of their new play, El Cóndor Mágico, with dramaturg Dante Flores.
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.
Héctor Flores Komatsu previews songs and examines the stories behind Desaparecidas, the new musical created by R&D Group members Jaime Lozano, Florencia Cuenca, and Rachel M. Stevens.
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