American Theatre Offscript

The Subtext: Plays That Fill You Up

This month: a survey of playwrights, critics, dramaturgs, and directors about the plays they just can't shake

Three on the Aisle: Letters, Loss, and Hope

The critics mark the one-year anniversary of theatres shutting, respond to listener letters, and look tentatively ahead to a post-virus future

The Subtext: The Many Forms of Jen Silverman

This month Brian talks with the playwright of 'The Moors' and 'Collective Rage' about how writing for TV inspired her write a novel about the theatre

Three on the Aisle: Cataclysm Criticism With Soraya Nadia McDonald

The hosts talk gatekeeping and pandemic-era criticism with award-winning colleague Soraya Nadia McDonald

The Subtext: Pandemic Playwriting, Part 2

In a sequel to an episode from March 2020, Brian checks back in with playwrights about how they've survived the last 10 months

Three on the Aisle: The Pandemic Process

This month the critics talk to actor Samira Wiley and actor/writer Kate Hamill about staying creative in quarantine.

The Subtext: Gwydion Suilebhan's Homecoming

This month Brian talks to the playwright/poet/marketer behind the New Play Exchange

The Subtext: Kate Hamill's Sensibility

This month, Brian talks to the actor/playwright behind a series of popular Austen adaptations about her inspirations and her original work

Three on the Aisle: Dungeons and Democrats

Should the government create an arts and culture ministry? And what happens when there' s no one to laugh along with?

Three on the Aisle: Digital Tourism and the Snowball Effect

On this month's episode the critics discuss the recent Tony noms, as well as controversial plans to partly reopen some theatres