
Announcing The Civilians’ 2025-26 R&D Group, Finalists, and Semi-Finalists
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!

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.

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.

To scholars of queer 90s art, the name Holly Hughes will be a familiar one. Hughes, along with fellow experimental artists Karen Finley, Tim Miller

Joey Sims sits down with mother and son duo physicist Bulbul Chakraborty and playwright Misha Chowdhury to talk about their unique collaboration in RHEOLOGY, now at Bushwick Starr.

EP editor Faith Zamblé offers an analysis on trends in non-profit theater and strategies for how the industry might evolve, Cosmo-style.

Martha Redbone and Aaron Whitby’s newest piece, CONVERSATIONS, is a study in the possibilities of musical storytelling.

Next Forever resident Kate Tarker and Extended Play editor Faith Zamblé discuss Tarker’s new project “Topia”, climate consciousness, and more.

Phoebe Corde and Faith Zamblé offer insight into writers group applications, sharing tips and ideas for future applicants and new writers.

A series of recipes and instructions modeled (lightly) after Yoko Ono’s “Grapefruit.”

“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.
R&D group members Zachariah Ezer and Dominique Rider talk about Zachariah’s new play, “The Single Raindrop” and the theoretical philosophy behind their collaboration.

R&D member Elizagrace Madrone shares an inside look at creating her new play, MISSING PEOPLE/MISSING PEOPLE

The Civilians’ Resident Dramaturg Phoebe Corde sits down (virtually) with Extended Play editor Faith Zamblé to talk dramaturgy, research, and more.
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