The Perils and Opportunities of Theatre Regime Change
How Should SCR Choose a New Leader? By Paul Hodgins THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER [pictured: Martin Benson, left, and David Emmes founded South Coast Repertory in 1964 and have shared its leadership...
View ArticleIn the Trenches: Meet Reader Rik Deskin
Today we’ve decided to turn the tables a bit and focus on one of our faithful Facebook, Twitter and blog followers. The TCG Circle proudly introduces -> Rik Deskin Rik Deskin wasn’t born in...
View ArticleAn Interview with Donald Margulies
[pictured - Donald Margulies with TCG's Kate Walat] TONY TIME Donald Margulies’ “absorbingly intelligent” (Los Angeles Times) play TIME STANDS STILL, available now from TCG Books, has received two...
View ArticleStars Align with Stage Work
There’s been a lot of talk since the Tony Awards broadcast, with its Glee production numbers, its Green Day performance, and its high celebrity quotient, that Broadway stages have been invaded by...
View ArticleIn the Trenches: Devon Smith
If you identify as both a theatre and social media person, chances are you’ve heard of Devon Smith. Though she’s only just graduated, Devon’s already made a name for herself through deeply researched...
View ArticleIn the Trenches: Playwright Catherine Filloux
Last April, I was on a panel titled Theatre for Social Transformation presented by Amnesty International’s Human Rights Art Festival. One of my fellow panelists was the award-winning playwright...
View ArticleIn the Trenches: Actor and Writer Dan Hoyle
In 2007, I stumbled upon a one-man show at The Marsh, a small theatre in San Francisco. What I experienced in the next 90 minutes was a feat of theatre: Dan Hoyle, a San Francisco actor and writer,...
View ArticleIn the Trenches: Actress and Writer Anna Khaja
Among the trends worth noting in this year’s NY Fringe Festival, there’s an interesting coincidence: three solo plays by Pakistani women. In an industry where female playwrights and solo artists are...
View ArticleIn The Trenches: Sarah Cameron Sunde
As September begins, college students across the country are returning to their classes. But for those who recently graduated with degrees in theatre, many are wondering, “How do I begin my career?” To...
View ArticleNOC Teaching Artists Weigh In
(This post was originally posted on Think It, Do It, Blog It as part of The MetLife/TCG A-ha! Program. We’re cross-posting on the Circle to better highlight the work of our grantees.) By Devon de...
View ArticlePipe dream? I’m asking you.
(This post is part of the National Conference blog salon focused on Financial Adaptation. Want to write your own post? Email Gus Schulenburg.) I wonder. I wonder how many of us in the nonprofit theater...
View ArticleExperience the Difference: The American Anti-Torture Play “Another Life” Goes...
(Photo by Beatriz Schiller: Christen Clifford (Tess, in box), Abbas Noori Abbood (Abdul), George Bartenieff (Handel)–Handel’s loft Soho) In the late winter of 2010, while I was researching and writing...
View ArticleThe Surprising History of Eco Theatre
(Bread and Puppet Theatre – Photographed by Walter S. Wantman, Scanned and photoshopped by Samuel Wantman [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0...
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