They Say Write What You Know: How (not) to write a play about a pandemic
This was my first week teaching classes as an adjunct professor in playwriting. One of my students asked a question I’ve heard from a lot of other writers lately. “Should […]
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September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
The Top Ten Things I’ve Learned from Going Digital: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Zoom
Now that we’re careening toward the one-year anniversary of all us having to learn that our faces look best when a ring of light is aimed at them, I thought […]
Cover Me!: Where have all the arts writers gone?
I should start by mentioning that even writing this would normally be considered a conflict of interest. That’s because for the past nine years, I’ve run a theater company. A […]
The New Classics: Ten titles to produce when we’re back to producing
As a theater lover, this is usually one of my favorite parts of any season. January has become the de facto time for theaters to take on some of their […]
Transform the New Year: Metamorphosis Dance Company’s NYE Extravaganza
It’s possible you’re missing the New Year’s Eve party you would have had if this had been anything resembling a normal year, but it only stands to reason that some […]
Try to Keep It All the Year: Trinity Rep’s “A Christmas Carol”
“There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,’ returned the nephew. ‘Christmas among the rest. But I am […]
There’s No Other Way To Be King: The Psych Drama Company’s “The Lion in Winter”
“How dear of you to let me out of jail.” ~ Eleanor “It’s only for the holidays.” ~ Henry No matter how unconventional you think your holiday season is going […]
Taking the Lead: Dynamic “Dancing Lessons” for the digital age
“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.” ~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche For its last two productions, the Players at The Barker Playhouse […]
Manifest A Better World: Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce…Pandemic!
Last year, Providence was lucky enough to experience Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music thanks to FirstWorks and the Brown Arts Initiative from Brown University, and now judy […]
Constellations Under the Stars: Wilbury’s latest play takes the new WaterFire stage
“Once you do a play like that, it’s basically in your bones, so it all just came back,” says Wilbury Theatre Group artistic director Josh Short of Nick Payne’s Constellations. […]