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Artist Interview: Playwrights Jeremy Kareken and David Murrell
Artist Interview: Playwrights Jeremy Kareken and David Murrell
The LIFESPAN OF A FACT writers talk about collaboration, play development, and the power of theater
Lantern Theater Company
Feb 28
Artist Interview: Actors Ian Merrill Peakes and Trevor William Fayle
Artist Interview: Actors Ian Merrill Peakes and Trevor William Fayle
A conversation with the sparring partners at the center of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT
Lantern Theater Company
Feb 21
“The ones that are left”: The Decline of Traditional Media
“The ones that are left”: The Decline of Traditional Media
For magazine editor Emily Penrose, the stakes of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT could be a publication’s life or death
Lantern Theater Company
Feb 14
QUIZ: Stretching the Truth
QUIZ: Stretching the Truth
How much do you know about writers who have blurred fact and fiction? Take our quiz and find out!
Lantern Theater Company
Feb 8
“I’m not interested in accuracy; I’m interested in truth”: Facts or fiction?
“I’m not interested in accuracy; I’m interested in truth”: Facts or...
From the dawn of recorded history, we have debated about what truths to tell, and how
Lantern Theater Company
Jan 30
“I will tell you the facts to the best of my ability”: Fact Checking in THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT
“I will tell you the facts to the best of my ability”: Fact Checkin...
Exploring the facts-first side of the play’s central debate
Lantern Theater Company
Jan 26
Artist Interview: Director Zuhairah McGill
Artist Interview: Director Zuhairah McGill
The director of THE ROYALE talks about the play and the history that inspired it
Lantern Theater Company
Dec 5, 2022
Reconstruction, Segregation, and Racial Violence at the Turn of the 20th Century
Reconstruction, Segregation, and Racial Violence at the Turn of the...
THE ROYALE is set in a time when hard-won progress was being violently undone
Lantern Theater Company
Nov 29, 2022
Artist Interview: Actor Phillip Brown
Artist Interview: Actor Phillip Brown
THE ROYALE actor on the joys, challenges, and opportunities of this unique and moving production
Lantern Theater Company
Nov 22, 2022
Meet the Playwright: Marco Ramirez
Meet the Playwright: Marco Ramirez
The award-winning writer who brought Jay Jackson’s story to life in THE ROYALE
Lantern Theater Company
Nov 16, 2022
“We want a good, clean fight”: The History of Boxing
“We want a good, clean fight”: The History of Boxing
The development of the sport at the center of THE ROYALE
Lantern Theater Company
Nov 9, 2022
Jack Johnson, Heavyweight Champion of the World
Jack Johnson, Heavyweight Champion of the World
The inspiring figure who inspired Marco Ramirez’s THE ROYALE
Lantern Theater Company
Nov 4, 2022
“Appearance is never the full story”: Tom Stoppard and the Lantern
“Appearance is never the full story”: Tom Stoppard and the Lantern
Learn more about the TRAVESTIES playwright, a favorite of Lantern Theater Company
Lantern Theater Company
Oct 7, 2022
“Down with literary supermen!”: Vladimir Lenin
“Down with literary supermen!”: Vladimir Lenin
One of the 20th century’s most significant revolutionaries is also one of the main players in Tom Stoppard’s TRAVESTIES
Lantern Theater Company
Oct 3, 2022
“Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing”: Tristan Tzara and Dada
“Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing”: Tristan Tzara and Dada
The avant-garde poet and performance artist pioneered the Dada movement while living in WWI Zürich, as featured in Tom Stoppard’s…
Lantern Theater Company
Sep 26, 2022
“Make It New”: World War I’s Impact on the Creative Class
“Make It New”: World War I’s Impact on the Creative Class
The war’s unprecedented destruction brought new art forms to life
Lantern Theater Company
Sep 20, 2022
“Send us bright one”: James Joyce and His Modernist Masterpiece
“Send us bright one”: James Joyce and His Modernist Masterpiece
The Irish modernist author and poet was on the cusp of his greatest masterpiece while living in 1917 Zürich, as featured in TRAVESTIES
Lantern Theater Company
Sep 13, 2022
“Life and times, friend of the famous”: Henry Carr
“Life and times, friend of the famous”: Henry Carr
The real-life figure and theatrical production that inspired Tom Stoppard’s TRAVESTIES
Lantern Theater Company
Sep 8, 2022
“Great days… Zürich during the war”: Zürich in 1917
“Great days… Zürich during the war”: Zürich in 1917
Why Switzerland was a magnet for artists and revolutionaries during WWI — and how it stayed that way
Lantern Theater Company
Aug 25, 2022
Artist Interview: FABULATION’s Fabulous Cast
Artist Interview: FABULATION’s Fabulous Cast
“I think this is theater at its best, where you are able to start a conversation and have a fun time doing it.”
Lantern Theater Company
Jun 20, 2022
FABULATION, Fables, and Brer Rabbit
FABULATION, Fables, and Brer Rabbit
Exploring the trickster figure of folklore and why fables are important to the characters of Lynn Nottage’s satire
Lantern Theater Company
Jun 8, 2022
Undine’s Inspirations: CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY and Condoleezza Rice
Undine’s Inspirations: CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY and Condoleezza Rice
Lynn Nottage’s factual and fictional inspirations for Undine and FABULATION
Lantern Theater Company
May 31, 2022
Meet the Playwright, Part II: On Lynn Nottage
Meet the Playwright, Part II: On Lynn Nottage
More about the celebrated writer behind FABULATION
Lantern Theater Company
May 18, 2022
Meet the Playwright, Part I: The Extraordinary Range of Lynn Nottage
Meet the Playwright, Part I: The Extraordinary Range of Lynn Nottage
The FABULATION playwright’s works are as varied as their subjects
Lantern Theater Company
May 5, 2022
Prisoners of Conscience
Prisoners of Conscience
Other prisoners of conscience who, like A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS’ Thomas More, chose prison over breaking their personal moral code
Lantern Theater Company
Apr 3, 2022
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