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June 17, 2021

The Ridesharing Economy ›

by Director of New Work & Dramaturgy Bobby Kennedy

Dramaturgy

Ride Share, season 20-21

The last decade’s biggest story of disruptive innovation was arguably the rise of the ridesharing industry.

In 2010, Uber was only operating a limousine service in San Francisco and Lyft didn’t yet exist. ... Read More ›

April 21, 2021

The New Narrative ›

by Shana Laski, Dramaturgy Intern

Dramaturgy

season 20-21, shana laski, the last match

How high-intensity athletics are finding successful avenues into theatrical dialogues.

Pictured Glenn Obrero (Manford) in Steppenwolf’s production of The Great Leap by Lauren Yee, directed by Jesca Prudencio in the Upstairs Theatre, 1650 ... Read More ›

December 23, 2020

Charles Dickens: The Founder of the Feast ›

by Bobby Kennedy, Director of New Work & Dramaturgy

Dramaturgy, News

One-Man A Christmas Carol, season 20-21, Two Scrooges

“I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, ... Read More ›

February 28, 2020

Notes from the Rehearsal Room—THE LAST MATCH #1 ›

by Lauren Katz, Assistant director of The Last Match

Backstage, Dramaturgy, News

assistant director, directing, director, lauren katz, notes from the rehearsal room, season 19-20, the last match

Sergei: I serve at Love – 2, and I want. I want and I want and I want and I want. There are thousands of people here tonight and if each one ... Read More ›

February 21, 2020

Shouting From the Sidelines ›

by Shana Laski, Dramaturgy Intern

Artists, Dramaturgy, News

dramaturg, Dramaturgy, Lydia R. Diamond, playwright, shana laski, Stick Fly

The Black Women Playwrights That Broke Onto Broadway Lydia R. Diamond’s Stick Fly opened on Broadway at the Cort Theatre on December 8th, 2011.

Having a show reach this monumental milestone is a success and honor ... Read More ›

January 24, 2020

The Power of Place: An Overview of Black History on Martha’s Vineyard ›

by Dominique Nadeau, Production Dramaturg

Dramaturgy, News

Dominique Nadeau, Dramaturgy, Martha’s Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, season 19-20, Stick Fly

Just off the coast of Cape Cod lies Martha’s Vineyard, an island of pristine beaches, colorful gingerbread cottages, and boating docks that has been described as “delightfully stuck in time.”

A Gingerbread ... Read More ›

November 27, 2019

From Nora to Now ›

by By Bobby Kennedy, Director of New Work & Dramaturgy

Dramaturgy

A Doll's House, bobby kennedy, Dramaturgy, season 19-20

A lot has changed in 150 years.

Pictured: New Woman, self-portrait by Frances Benjamin (1896). Photo via Wikipedia Commons.

When Ibsen was writing A Doll’s House, Norway was united in a kingdom with Sweden, having ... Read More ›

November 24, 2019

Back In My Day ›

by Shana Laski, Dramaturgy Intern

Dramaturgy

Baby Boomer, Dramaturgy, Millennial, season 19-20, shana laski, the niceties

Boomers, Millennials and One Wide Generation Gap

Vietnam War protestors march at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on October 21, 1967. Photo via Wikipedia Commons.

In Eleanor Burgess’s The Niceties, Zoe, a bright, ... Read More ›

November 15, 2019

Portraits, Explained ›

by Shana Laski, Dramaturgy Intern

Dramaturgy, News

Dramaturgy, season 19-20, the niceties

The Niceties is set in the office of Janine, a history professor at an elite university in the northeastern United States. Hanging around Janine’s office are five portraits, each depicting a person or ... Read More ›

October 25, 2019

What Ibsen Saw ›

by Christine Watt, Dramaturgy Intern

Dramaturgy

A Doll's House, about the artists, christine watt, henrik ibsen, season 19-20

In the early 1830s, a young boy stood atop a bell tower in Skien, Norway, and looked down.

Pictured: Henrik Ibsen. Photo via Wikipedia Commons.

From his vantage point, he could see the tiny ... Read More ›

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