Next Forever resident Kate Douglas talks to Extended Play editor Faith Zamblé about time, space, grief and how plays make space for wonder and loss.
Martha Redbone and Aaron Whitby’s newest piece, CONVERSATIONS, is a study in the possibilities of musical storytelling.
Extended Play editor Faith Zamblé charts the winding journey of the Civilians’ R&D group from its inception to current day.
An interview with Next Forever artist Kareem Fahmy about the research and creation of his new play, “Riparian States.”
A series of recipes and instructions modeled (lightly) after Yoko Ono’s “Grapefruit.”
R&D Group Members Brandy Hoang Collier, Clare Fuyuko Bierman, and Erika Ji answer questions about theater, storytelling, and the creative process behind their new musical, YOKO’S HUSBAND’S KILLER’S JAPANESE WIFE, GLORIA, which will be presented in the FINDINGS Series on June 16th.
R&D Group member Julia Izumi outlines the timeline of the Great Chicago Fire ahead of her new play, A RE-ENACTMENT OF THE IMAGINED TRIAL OF DAISY THE COW ?, WHO ALLEGEDLY CAUSED THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE, presented in the Findings Series on June 14th.
R&D Group member Andrew Saito discusses the inspiration for BLACKANESE, presented in the FINDINGS Series on June 8th.
R&D Group Member Xandra Nur Clark delves into the creation of their play URSA MAJOR, which will be presented in The Civilians’ Findings Series this June.
R&D Group members Adam Chanler-Berat and Julian Hornik provide a glimpse at their new musical, ASSISTED, which will be presented in The Civilians’ Findings Series this June.
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.
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.
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