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.
The Civilians celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the R&D Group with this look at its members and their work.
Lady Rizo discusses her new music video for “Under,” a song originally written for The Civilians’ Let Me Ascertain You: F*cking and Dying series.
The Civilians’ neurodiversity consultant Cortland Nesley discusses the need for Mad creatives behind the stories that portray them.
Speaking with R&D Group member Emily Lyon about the company’s classic play initiative.
A consideration of the Dutch performance-collective’s latest ritual.
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