Teenage Girls on Stage: Young Women Who Do Things

Oh to experience the world of a teenage girl in ninety minutes (disclosure: I wish my teenage years had only lasted ninety minutes). When I sat in the Duke on 42nd in New York City, next to the green, green astroturf and girls in shorts…

Silence is Key in Annie Baker’s THE FLICK

As actors, we are often told to “act faster” or to “act on the line, rather than in between the lines.” “Louder, faster, funnier” is a phrase that has infiltrated many rehearsal spaces, and it is one that has not always gained the desired effect from the…

On Happy Endings

On happy endings

Happy endings are not in vogue.

I have noticed that ambivalent endings are in vogue — the equivalent of a character hopping on one foot as the lights go down.

Eight Schools in Nation Invited to Perform on Main Stage at International Thespian Festival

Eight schools have been honored with an invitation to perform on the main stage at the nation’s leading high school theatre festival, which is produced by the Educational…

NBC Commits $500,000 to Support High School Theatre Programs with Launch of R.I.S.E. America

Inspired by the network’s upcoming Jason Katims drama “Rise,” which premieres Tuesday, March 13 and follows the effects a high school theatre department has on its…

Love and Information at Aquinas College

There is no single paramount challenge to leading a one-person collegiate theatre department. Certainly resources — like personnel and finances — come immediately to mind. However, questions of “currency and relevancy” are even more immediate. How can we…

New Year, New Reads

It’s a new year, which means it’s time for new reads! We’ve chosen some of our favorite scripts that Samuel French published last year, and listed them below for you. From a Jane Eyre-inspired drama to an epic tale acted by just four people to the story of everlasting youth, we have every type…