About The Hat
We tell the stories of people who tell stories.
The Hat covers theater in New York—specifically, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway.
Our monthly issues include features, essays, and interviews by journalists and theater artists exploring craft, process, and innovation onstage.
The Hat is published on the first Monday of the month, from October through June.
(And yes, our name is a Sondheim reference!)
Editors
Colin Macdonald
Colin Macdonald has a PhD in English from the CUNY Graduate Center, where his work focused on Shakespeare and early modern theater. He is a voting member of the Drama Desk, and reviews Off-Broadway theater for Off-Off-Online. He was the managing editor of Renaissance Quarterly for many years, and edits journals and books for a variety of university presses.
Kara Cutruzzula
As a writer and editor whose work spans journalism, books, and theater, Kara Cutruzzula’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, and The Daily Beast & Newsweek, where she was the culture editor. She is the author of Do It For Yourself, a motivational journal series for artists and writers. Kara is a member of the BMI Musical Theatre Advanced Songwriting and Bookwriting Workshops, Maestra, and the Dramatists Guild. IG: @karacut / www.karacutruzzula.com
Our Contributors
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Adam Gwon’s musical All the World’s a Stage was named last season’s Best Musical by the Off-Broadway Alliance Awards. His other shows include Scotland, PA and Ordinary Days, both of which premiered Off-Broadway at Roundabout Theatre Company. IG: @gwonster / adamgwon.com
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Durra Leung 柯杜華 is a Guangzhou-born, NYC-based multilingual writer and composer whose genre-bending work finds humor and heart in life’s absurdity. Most recent productions include The People vs. American Cheese (Thompson Street Opera Company, AOP-NYU Opera Lab), Hey Hey (Episodic Theatre Project), and the revised Thoroughly Modern Millie (Toho Company). His current project Durra Leung’s Lullabies for Motherf*ckers Trilogy follows three queer Chinese artists navigating love, identity, and self-worth in America across different decades.
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Tim Teeman is the theater critic of the Daily Beast. A multi award-winning writer and editor, Tim previously worked at the Times of London for many years, including as the paper's Arts and Entertainment Editor and US Correspondent. He has also written for publications including The New York Times, Guardian, and Town & Country, and is the author of the book, In Bed With Gore Vidal: Hustlers, Hollywood, and the Private World of an American Master.
Contact Us
Get in touch at editors@readthehat.com