How Theatre Affects the Brain

Thanks to studies of the human brain, there are answers as to what goes on in the collective audience brain.

Theatre vs Theater

The world of dramatic writing is a highly flexible place when it comes to grammar usage and style. Ellipses and italics can be used to indicate anything the playwright wants, and correct sentence structure is far from a requirement for dialogue. But when writing about plays and musicals, people seem to get caught up with […]

7 Women Playwrights to Read, Watch, & Know

The love of good storytelling isn’t bound by age, gender, or membership in certain identity groups. It’s human nature. I find a great deal of pleasure in seeing stories on stage that not only take me away from my everyday life, but challenge me to discover something distant, or unheard of. While I certainly appreciate […]

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill: More than a Holiday

As time marches on, it’s hard to remember every complex detail about another person’s life. In the case of Billie Holiday, I never knew that much, to begin with. That’s why I was so excited to see a new production of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, recently presented by Theatrical Outfit in Atlanta, […]

16 Brilliant Theatre Quotes from Playwrights

To get a glimpse of the essence of any art form, you have to listen to the masters. Here are a few of my favorite theatre quotes from playwrights. Some are funny, and others point to tragedy, just like the plays of the writers stated them. All of these famous and not-so-famous theatre quotes speak […]

A Christmas Carol: Please Sir, I Want Some More

People just can’t get enough of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. There are so many stage adaptations produced each year that American Theatre Magazine eliminates the title from its list of most-produced plays since it would always be in first place. On IMDB, there are hundreds of screen adaptations, ranging from movies to parody TV […]

Anna in the Tropics: Cultural Intersections

In a world where we are more likely to read stories about how our differences separate us, it’s important to remember that we can learn from these differences, too. Anna in the Tropics, a beautiful play by Nilo Cruz, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003. The play has much to say about how cultures intersect. This convergence, […]