The Civilians’ Resident Dramaturg Phoebe Corde sits down (virtually) with Extended Play editor Faith Zamblé to talk dramaturgy, research, and more.
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.
Alix Lambert talks the making of her new piece, COURTROOM, ahead of her return to theater with The Civilians at Joe’s Pub.
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.
Lead Dramaturg Phoebe Corde discusses the upcoming Civilians cabaret, Showing Up, with lyricist Rebecca Hart.
Civilians’ Artistic Director Steve Cosson revisits the inspirations behind Michael Friedman’s score for “(I Am) Nobody’s Lunch.”
Ten years after “The Great Immensity,” received a National Science Foundation grant that drew the ire of Congressional Republicans, The Civilians’ Artistic Director Steve Cosson discusses the complicated relationship between the government and arts organizations.
In this interview, playwright Sam Chanse discusses the workshop process for her new play “What You Are Now,” and shares some of the things she read, watched, and listened to while she was writing it.
In this interview with Extended Play, the cast of “Whisper House,” which closed before its first preview due to COVID-19, reminisces about the show and discusses their hopes for its future.
Director Tina Satter on how she and Half Straddle brought a verbatim FBI transcript to life in “Is This A Room.”
Extended Play’s Daniel Krane interviews Mark Russell, Director of the Under the Radar Festival, and “Andares” director Héctor Flores Komatsu.
In this interview with Extended Play, we talk to the creative team behind “Hang On,” an indie-folk exploration of the New York City subway. Come see “Hang On” this Monday, January 6 at 7PM at Joe’s Pub.
In this interview with Extended Play, the creative team behind “TRAPT,” a new devised investigative theater piece about trap music, discusses their creative process and ongoing reckoning with trap music in advance of a presentation at Joe’s Pub on December 16.
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