News & Notes

  • This is a Life of Days

    Editorial

    Last November I was playing Vira, a woman born and raised in the wilderness who chose to stay on her...

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  • Elia Kazan

    Editorial

    Some lasting images stay with us long after the credits have flickered into the past. For example: a young soldier...

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  • Stories Extended

    Review

    The COVID-19 situation has certainly changed the way we go to the theater lately, but there are clever methods to...

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  • The Show Must Not Go On

    Editorial

    My quarantine began right before what would have been my tech week at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet...

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  • "Alone in the Universe"?

    Editorial

    From Chad Payne:

    "I thought you may be interested in what the Spring Lake Park High School Theatre students were...

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  • We have Time!

    Editorial

    During this sudden shift in our behavior and focus, and in the midst of our collective concern about the health...

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  • To Artists & Makers of All Kinds: 

    Editorial

    You are flexible in every sense of the word. 

    You can probably change clothes in a public restroom in minutes...

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  • Telling a Very, Very Old Tale

    Editorial

    The Electric Telescope Experimental Theatre is an imaginary theatre that came into existence when the need arose for a unique...

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  • Experimenting with the Virtual Epic

    Review

    Three weeks into self-quarantine and I finally tuned in for my first virtual production: Beowulf. This one-man show, produced...

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