R&D Group Member Aeneas Sagar Hemphill discusses the harsh reality of the New York taxi driver, the inspiration behind his new play, WAIT NO LONGER.
R&D Group Members and collaborators Eric Marlin and Lila Rachel Becker interview each other on the creation process for UNTITLED JEWISH PIRATE PLAY, generating a project together for the first time, and the history of Jewish pirates.
R&D Group Member Liba Vaynberg provides a glimpse into the interview process for her piece, The Matriarchs.
R&D Group Member Phillip Gregory Burke describes the path that led him to create his current R&D play, THE SUNCATCHERS OF SAHEL: AN ANCESTRAL TALE TOLD TO TODAY’S GRIOT, PART I & II. This is Part II of his tale.
R&D Group Member Phillip Gregory Burke describes the path that led him to create his current R&D play, THE SUNCATCHERS OF SAHEL: AN ANCESTRAL TALE TOLD TO TODAY’S GRIOT, PART I & II. This is Part I of his tale.
R&D Group alumnus Tylie Shider writes a love letter to creators for whom human contact is a part of their art, lost by the pandemic.
Dramaturg Soriya Chum discusses the history, including his own, that makes up The Civilians’ new production, Sam Chanse’s what you are now.
Before Ukraine’s 2013-2014 Maidan events faded from people’s memories, playwright Natal’ya Vorozhbit brought the participants stories to the theatre, and the world.
Sam Chanse discusses the world premiere of her play, “what you are now,” and its development throughout the pandemic.
Ahead of the world premiere of WHAT YOU ARE NOW, we revisit an interview with playwright Sam Chanse from January 2020, when The Civilians had just presented a reading of the play.
The Civilians reflects on COURTROOM, a night of theater, music, and poetry investigating true accounts of the American judicial system.
In this first edition of our new Curated series, we are highlighting some top picks from The Civilians’ staff for readers and audiences looking to learn more about the world.
A look at narrative autonomy and mutations of truth in two shows from the 2021 New York season from former Civilians staff member and playwright James La Bella.
Alix Lambert talks the making of her new piece, COURTROOM, ahead of her return to theater with The Civilians at Joe’s Pub.
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.
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