American Theatre Offscript

This month Brian talks to the Chicago-based playwright and organizer about her life and career

This week the critics talk to the grass-roots campaign Be An Arts Hero and discuss shows they've seen, including last week's Democratic convention

This month Brian James Polak hands the mic over to Jeremy Cohen at Playwrights Center, who moderates a discussion about writers finding inspiration in other media

In this short solo episode, Brian reflects on the podcast's origins, frets about the future, and finds hope in an elder's advice

The critics return to consider when theatre will return, how to cover it when it does, and how not to succumb to Zoom despair

The critics talk to Tamilla Woodard, co-artistic director of Working Theater, about her experience of racism in the theatre and how it can be fought

This pre-pandemic conversation with the exciting helmer behind 'Endlings' and radical stagings of 'Ragtime' and 'Carmen' holds hope for the art form

The award-winning playwright records her life on a farm in rural Oregon during the pandemic lockdown

The critics talk with Jeremy Wein of Play-PerView, a new livestreaming company, take a question about theatre safety, and recommend shows they've viewed

 

This week the critics hash out the debate over streamed and recorded theatre, and dip into the reader mailbag