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Reconstruction-ism
Ethan Karas reflects on Juliana F. May’s Optimistic Voices, Agrupación Señor Serrano’s Birdie, Mario Banushi’s MAMI, and The TEAM’s RECONSTRUCTING.
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I’m never in my comfort zone: a conversation with JoAnne Akalaitis
Unfolding across Thomas Dunn’s lush, stage-spanning, and pole-wrapping (!!) village diorama, Mabou Mines’ production of Beckett’s radio play All That Fall ran as part of Under the Radar Festival. Ethan Karas spoke with director JoAnne Akalaitis to talk Beckett, Cape Breton Island’s Salmon Museum, and Do-It-Yourself theater.
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Comforting Perversions
Dancer and choreographer Liana Zhen’ai on Corentin JPM Leven’s Birds of Ill Omen, presented at Judson Church as part of Pioneer Go East Collective’s OUT FRONT Festival this past January.
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Magical Connections
Contributor Brendan McCall on Suzzanne Ponomarenko’s TAPESTRIES and Dominica Greene’s OPENINGS, part of of The OUT FRONT Festival curated by Pioneer Go East Collective.
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It’s a Theatre Question
Contributor Annie Rasiel in conversation with Sarah Benson and Lucas Hnath on TARTUFFE, which premiered New York Theatre Workshop this past November.
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A Kind of Beautiful Fallout
Playwright and contributor Annie Rasiel on Anne Gridley’s (mostly) solo show WATCH ME WALK, produced by SOHO REP and part of the 2026 Under The Radar Festival.
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Dance from the tool box
Lucy Kudlinksi on Owen Prum’s “Extremely Chemical” and Jo Warren’s “All Mouth” | Pioneer Go East Collective’s Out-FRONT Festival at Judson Memorial Church |
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Talia Corren, Gregory Mosher, + Theresa Buchheister in conversation | We The People: Assembly of New York Artists
The Co-Executive Director at A.R.T.-NY., the Executive Director of The Office of the Arts at Hunter College, and an artist who is trying to move back to New York come together to imagine and create a more sustainable environment for New York artists.
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This is Not a Drill!!!
Contributor Sophie Frizzell on “The Wish,” a collaborative play by Justice Hehir’s, Dena Igusti, Phanésia Pharel, Nia Akilah Robinson, and Julia Specht, about the state of abortion access in America post-roe. Part play, part living document, The Wish was performed at Pluto’s Loft in Tribeca this past November.
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The Myth of Zero Risk
Contributor Maia Sauer on Sacha Vega’s PINCH, performed at 3AM Theatre in Queens this past December.
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A woman tries to answer emails; You might have to look somebody else in the eye
Hillary Gao and Ann Marie Dorr in conversation with William Burke about Gao’s “I Want to Hold On to Something Beautiful and Empty” and Dorr’s “I’m Going to Take My Pants Off Now” | The Exponential Festival 2026
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A Family Affair: Mare Nostrum Elements at the Tank for IHRAF 2025
Theo Armstrong on new works by A Heather Dutton/Middle Child Dance Theatre, Emily Tarrier + Emory Ferra Campbell, and Ke’ron J. Wilson
