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A Christmas Carol Online A free and thoroughly entertaining take on the Dickens classic that integrates traditional theatrical storytelling with new media, animation, and audience participation. Make ...

An avowed holiday skeptic, Aunt Trudy has been recruited to channel her late husband Joe’s famous Christmas cheer over a Zoom call with family. But as Trudy becomes more absorbed in her own version of ...

Both in content and form, documentary theatre in the U.S. has always been at theatre's cutting edge.

*In fact there will actually be 10 productions of Dial M for Murder in the coming season, but Norfolk’s Virginia Stage Company will use Knott’s original script rather than the Hatcher adaptation. And ...

A dialogue on how students, teachers, and parents can push back against a wave of conservative legislation and intimidation that threatens to chill theatrical expression.

After a career focused on breaking down barriers to access, Gaur is at the helm of an organization uniquely positioned to move that work forward.

As the industry is still recovering from pandemic closures, new data shows we’re not out of the woods yet.

The beautiful thing about theatre is that there is never just one way to do it. Directors are able to take a piece and stage it in new and creative ways, while holding true to the story and the text.

How a cohort of artistic directors of color, recently hired at major U.S. theatres, have confronted unforeseen upheavals.

How disabled performing artists are challenging ableism, building access, and imagining new worlds.

Lynn Nottage again tops the list, followed closely by a mix of dramatists, librettists, and adapters.