Exploring the craft, culture, and people of Off-Broadway theater

In the April issue

How Mexodus is rethinking building an audience for musical theater

Milo Cramer on No Singing in the Navy and capital-A Art

Mallory Jane Weiss interviews four playwrights on how they spend their most precious resource: time

And a profile of Bigfoot!’s Jade Jones: “I never imagined any of this for myself at all.”

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Feature
Douglas Corzine
How “Mexodus” Is Building a Musical for the Future
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Douglas Corzine

Brian Quijada, Nygel D. Robinson, and director David Mendizábal are treating theater as something to pass on — across cities, platforms, and audiences.

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Douglas Corzine
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Milo Cramer on Getting Swept Away with “No Singing in the Navy”
Interview
Georgie McKeon
Milo Cramer on Getting Swept Away with “No Singing in the Navy”
Interview
Georgie McKeon

The playwright talks sailor archetypes, existential despair, and why musical theater can be both ridiculous and profound.

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Georgie McKeon
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How Playwrights Spend Their Time
Essay
Mallory Jane Weiss
How Playwrights Spend Their Time
Essay
Mallory Jane Weiss

Four writers tracked a week of writing, teaching, procrastinating, and trying to make art fit inside ordinary days.

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Mallory Jane Weiss
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Profile
Dezi Tibbs
Jade Jones Plays by Their Own Rules in “Bigfoot!”
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Dezi Tibbs

After a viral Belle and regional acclaim, the performer brings comedy, swagger, and gender-expansive freedom to New York City Center.

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Dezi Tibbs

Weekly Spotlight

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Anne Kauffman Meets Her Past Self in “You Got Older”
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Douglas Corzine
Anne Kauffman Meets Her Past Self in “You Got Older”
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Douglas Corzine

The director has made a habit of restaging her Off-Broadway work (see: Mary Jane, Marjorie Prime). Now, with Clare Barron’s play at Cherry Lane Theatre, she’s revisiting past choices on a very different stage.

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Douglas Corzine
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John Early Lets the Mystery In
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Georgie McKeon
John Early Lets the Mystery In
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Georgie McKeon

The comedian and actor enters Wallace Shawn’s unconscious mind in What We Did Before Our Moth Days, directed by André Gregory.

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Georgie McKeon
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Moooving with “Athleticism, Brutality, Sweetness” in “Calf Scramble”
Spotlight
Billy McEntee
Moooving with “Athleticism, Brutality, Sweetness” in “Calf Scramble”
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Billy McEntee

Playwright Libby Carr and director Caitlin Sullivan on turning a Texas tradition into a dark comedy about animals, power, and what young women inherit.

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Billy McEntee
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In “Bughouse,” John Kelly Sketches a Portrait of the Artist  
Spotlight
Emily Chackerian
In “Bughouse,” John Kelly Sketches a Portrait of the Artist  
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Emily Chackerian

In Martha Clarke’s surreal new production at Vineyard Theatre, the avant-garde performer takes on reclusive outsider artist Henry Darger.

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Emily Chackerian

In the March issue

Vol. 1, Issue 6

One year after the NEA cuts, an inside look at how Off-Off-Broadway theaters are holding on

Susannah Perkins interviews Celia Keenan-Bolger during their rehearsals for Antigone (This Play I Read in High School)

Playwright Carolina Đỗ on her new play ExtraO1dinary Aliens! and making theater with an immigrant community 

And a profile of The Bengsons and their commitment to radical access at New York Theatre Workshop

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Ana María Betancourt Ovalle
One Year After the NEA Cuts: How Off-Off-Broadway Is Holding On
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Ana María Betancourt Ovalle

The National Endowment for the Arts grant cancellations disrupted budgets at theaters across the country. A look at how some of New York’s innovative venues are adapting — and finding ways to keep going.

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Ana María Betancourt Ovalle
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Susannah Perkins and Celia Keenan-Bolger on Mothers, Death, and Dissolving the Self
Interview
Susannah Perkins
Susannah Perkins and Celia Keenan-Bolger on Mothers, Death, and Dissolving the Self
Interview
Susannah Perkins

In a rehearsal-room conversation during Antigone (This Play I Read in High School), Susannah Perkins interviews Celia Keenan-Bolger about grief, ambition, long theatrical runs, and what it means to lose yourself onstage.

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Susannah Perkins
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Love, Art, and the O-1 Visa
Essay
Carolina Đỗ
Love, Art, and the O-1 Visa
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Carolina Đỗ

Playwright Carolina Đỗ on the tight-knit community and bureaucratic absurdities that shaped ExtraO1dinary Aliens!, her new romantic comedy about immigration.

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Carolina Đỗ
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Profile
Shoshana Greenberg
In “My Joy Is Heavy,” The Bengsons Bring Radical Access Center Stage
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Shoshana Greenberg

With their new show at New York Theatre Workshop, Abigail and Shaun Bengson make open captions, relaxed performances, and integrated design part of their art.

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Shoshana Greenberg