Category: Interviews
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The Gothic Gets into My Dream World: A Conversation with Sibyl Kempson
And rather than looking harder at the actual landscape, she urges the landscape painter to go faster, so that via their painting, she can catch a better glimpse, and better see what she is seeing, better know what she thinks she knows…
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Cameron Stuart in conversation with Theresa Buchheister | VIVIAN OBLIVION at The Brick Theater Oct 9-12
Do acts of kindness beget rewards? Do we become deeper by adding depth to others? It is hard to say, actually; I think the verdict is still out. But we have all the evidence we need, from history and from our own lives, that violence only begets more violence.
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“Discomfort in a Comfortable Place”: On Slanted Floors with Billy McEntee
Billy McEntee’s Slanted Floors is an intimate exploration of a couple, Kaplan and Teddy, as they go through their day apart and then come together at night. The twist? We […]
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Site Specific Theatre is The Niche That Keeps On Giving: A Conversation with Maddie Cardarelli and Shelby Gilberto, the Creative Team of OFFICE PARTY PLAY
Site specific work is notoriously hard to justify. Dramaturgically, the decision to stage a play any location other than a stage can often collapse into a gimmick: a sparkly choice […]
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There Are No Weasels at Weasel Fest
There are aliens who collect your tears, a holographic strawberry, a Contribution Committee, and a fringe movement (read: cult) called The Spiral, among many other otherworldly beings and phenomena
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A Tough Little Miracle of A Play: Gracie Gardner on Sophie McIntosh’s ROAD KILLS
A fawn is a defensive reflex, a posture of affection that can only be taken in the imbalance of power. It’s also a word for an unweaned deer, the first […]
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Maia Chao and Lena Engelstein in conversation with Nora Raine Thompson
Presenting the surreal is a way to get closer to the absurdity of reality. We are rehearsing the present, we are rewriting fictions as we go. And it makes me wonder about how we can rehearse more effectively for political action, how to organize and rehearse our protests. It feels like a ripe time to…
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Giving Us Paths Towards Healing: A Conversation with Playwright Ariel Stess
Ariel Stess, a playwright from the desert of Santa Fe, loves water onstage: kiddie pools, hot tubs, atmospheric pits and mirages and mirrors. Her crafted worlds are not just eerie, […]
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Ultimately, I’m Only Writing For Myself: A Conversation with Playwright Kallan Dana
Kallan Dana is a playwright, producer, theatermaker, and aspiring novelist from Portland, Oregon. Her work has been developed or presented with Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, The Hearth, The Tank, Bramble […]
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Stripping What Is Common and Universal: A Conversation with the Creative Team of Brett Neveu’s REVOLUTION
In the basement of the Flea on Thomas Street, just inside The Siggy Theater, two millennials Puff and Jame, are debating how they’ll celebrate Puff’s birthday. They’ve just finished their […]
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Shaping The Moment Towards What it Seemed To Be Becoming: A Conversation with Eliya Smith on her Off-Broadway Debut GRIEF CAMP
Sitting down to work this afternoon, I selected to play my “On Repeat” playlist on Spotify: a selection of songs, continuously played, curated both by and for me. As […]
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THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH IS THE: A Conversation with Hallie Chametzky on Gertrude Stein and Nuanced Reckonings
I was sixteen in 2016, when Trump was elected for the first time. I went to the March for Our Lives in Boston. I fastened witty political buttons to my […]