Tag: exponential festival
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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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Nora’s Children are Millennial Artists in A DOLLS HOUSE, PART 3
Michael + Patrick seem to be rebelling against the theater’s ruling class: kitchen sink dramas, heady idea plays, and — worst of all — amusement park attractions masquerading as Broadway musicals. And so Michael + Patrick have created something else, something other.
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On Femme Pathos, with a Joseph Campbell analogy
Moodey tries to save the bird by soaking it in Epsom salts and massaging it, but the inevitability of its death leads to the practicality of it being made into chicken soup.
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To Be Alone In a Room With People: A Conversation with Joey Weiss and Matt Korahais
“It started as a piece with very pared down visual corollary, but I soon realized that was beside the point. It was a much more interesting piece to use language to describe a thing and entirely remove the visual corollary.”