Theater and Justice in Alix Lambert’s ‘Courtroom’
Phoebe Corde
February 15, 2022
The Civilians reflects on COURTROOM, a night of theater, music, and poetry investigating true accounts of the American judicial system.
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.
Whisper House dramaturg, Annie Jin Wang, chats about her approach to dramaturgy and creating theater mid-pandemic ahead of the musical’s opening.
Jisun Kim, Co-Artistic Director of The Yale Cabaret, hosts a roundtable with her fellow artistic directors after leading their first and only digital season.
With a work-in-progress showing on the horizon, Ethan Lipton discusses his musical’s creation and his hopes for it.
As The Civilians begins its 20th anniversary season, we will look back on our history and work with a new monthly article series for the season.
The Civilians will welcome seven new members to the group of writers and directors in its eleventh season.
Former Civilians’ R&D Group member Tylie Shider’s dark comedy LABOR provides laughs and a thought-provoking exploration of labor and the American Dream.
Extended Play advisory board member Milo Rau’s production stems from a political campaign for migrant farm workers in Southern Italy, investigates its actual events, leaders, and participants, and extracts its course of resistance into a contemporary biblical fable for the silver screen.
A brief history of ‘Mephisto’, in anticipation of the Berliner Ensemble’s new adaptation.
In Episode 4 of Kunafa and Shay, a HowlRound podcast series, hosts Nabra Nelson and Marina J. Bergenstock discuss verbatim plays in twenty-first century MENA theatre with artist and activist Jen Marlowe. You can listen to the episode, and others in the Kunafa and Shay series, on Spotify and read the transcript below.
Songs from “Showing Up,” a cabaret of music composed from the words of NYC Black Lives Matter activists photographed by Accra Shepp, are now on Soundcloud.
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