Author: Ethan Karas
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“radicalize your idiosyncrasy”| a conversation with Theresa Buchheister and Pete Simpson
Ethan Karas in conversation with The Exponential Festival founder, high priest of the avant-garde, Theresa Buchheister, and downtown darling Pete Simpson who appeared in Nurit Chinn’s existential meet-cute “Godbird” and Amanda Horowitz’ beguiling “Fashion.”
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January Marathon
Ethan Karas reflects on 25 shows over 22 days, January 2026.
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“feeling that balance”: a conversation with Isa Spector and Derek Smith
Ethan Karas in conversation Isa Spector, choreographer and director of “Real Estate,” a domestic dance duet by equal turns piercing and beguiling, and Derek Smith, writer and performer of “Letters from Tyra,” a hysterical solo show salvaged from the ruins of a fake two-hander.
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You can’t make art if you can’t survive: a budget breakdown with the creative team of MY UTOPIAS
Ethan Karas in conversation with Jay Stull (playwright), Jillian Jetton (director), and Emily Abrams (producer), the creative team of my utopias, to get a peek behind the scenes at just one of the ways independent downtown theater is produced in 2026.
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“It doesn’t fit a simple narrative”: a conversation with the creative team of 2021
Ethan Karas in conversation with Cole Lewis, Patrick Blenkarn, and Sam Ferguson of “2021” at Mitu580, to talk about radical connectivity, “grief bots,” and how to get the perfect retro video game sound.
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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.