March 2, 2018 | Theatre,
An Iamb By Any Other Name
What’s your first memory of reading Hamlet? I would be willing to bet that for most people, it was struggling to understand Shakespeare’s stilted language in the context of...
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February 22, 2018 | Theatre, Race and Equity,
The Boston Globe publishes an in-depth preview of The White Card
A few years ago, poet Claudia Rankine gave a reading of “Citizen: An American Lyric,’’ her 2014 award-winning collection of poems exploring racism and aggression. During the question-and-answer period,...
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February 22, 2018 | Race and Equity, Theatre, Notes From Leadership,
A Note from Playwright Claudia Rankine and Dramaturg P. Carl
“You cannot live thirty years with something in your closet, which you know is there, and pretend it is not there without something terrible happening to you. If I...
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February 22, 2018 | Theatre,
Saint Joan in Popular Culture
Although she saved France during the Hundred Years War over five centuries ago, Joan of Arc has remained relevant in popular culture around the world since. Here are the five...
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February 21, 2018 | Race and Equity, Theatre,
Must-Read Claudia Rankine Interviews + Articles
“You’re not going to change anybody’s mind shutting them down” – Rankine to the The Paris Review “In America, the killing of black people is an unending spectacle.” –...
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February 21, 2018 | Theatre,
Nevertheless She Persisted: A History of Saint Joan of Arc
George Bernard Shaw’s play Saint Joan premiered in 1923, three years after Saint Joan of Arc was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. The play has allowed audiences all over...
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February 9, 2018 | Theatre,
A Brief History of Hamlet
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet precedes its own reputation. It was Shakespeare’s most popular play during his lifetime and remains the most produced work of his to date. In fact, it is...
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February 5, 2018 | Film, Theatre,
What do you remember about the 90’s?
Torrey Pines tells a trans-queer-punk, coming-of-age story, rich with ‘90s pop-culture references—everything from Star Trek to Nintendo—via a stop-motion animated film with a live band creating the soundtrack. In honor...
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