American Theatre

The only national magazine that provides comprehensive coverage of the world of theatre both in the U.S. and abroad. Includes 5 complete playscripts each year, artist profiles, and much more. Two special issues published each year "Theatre Training" (January) and "Season Preview" (October).

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From the Editor

Contributors

From the Executive Office

FRONT & CENTER • Life After Left Eye

PUPPET CONFIDENCE

BRAVE ONSTAGE, QUIET AT HOME

SIT-IN AND SING

RESPECT YOUR ELDERS

BERNARDO CUBRÍA • A Mexican-born playwright based in Los Angeles, Bernardo Cubría has written Crabs in a Bucket, The Play You Want, and The Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine Vote. His newest, The People of Pompeii, runs at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in L.A.’s Topanga Canyon, Aug. 1-Oct. 4.

PHANÉSIA PHAREL • The Haitian American playwright and screenwriter from Miami made her Off-Broadway debut earlier this year at WP Theater with her play The Waterfall. Next, at Barrington Stage Company, in a co-production with Goodman Theatre and Hartford Stage, is Pharel’s newest work, Dead Girl’s Quinceañera, taking the stage Aug. 5-29.

We the (THEATRE) People • The history of live performance on this continent has been about art, commerce, innovation, stereotyping, and the breaking of stereotypes—i.e., messy democracy in action.

Taken for GRANTED • The National Endowment for the Arts has survived decades of attacks and cuts, even two Trump terms. But at what cost?

Beyond & BEFORE

So Let the Fireworks Come

Excerpt from the script of Antíkoni

That Banyan Tree

Excerpt from the script of Yuchewahkénh (Bitter)

What’s in ‘HMONG FUTURES’ • Katie Ka Vang’s play about a historic Twin Cities immigrant community became more timely than anticipated when their state was violently occupied.

MEET THE CARTOZIANS • In 1924, a family of Armenian immigrants fights to attain legal whiteness in court in order to secure their status as citizens. In 2024, their descendants star on a controversial reality television show, which invites a group of Armenian Americans to shoot an episode about their culture. Meet the Cartozians explores the thorny nature of whiteness and the enduring effects of assimilation.

MEANING IN ARMENIAN

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From the Archives • CAN YOU NAME THE PERFORMERS AND THE SHOWS?