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Autonomy and Disability on Stage: The Seeing Place’s Midsummer
The Seeing Place’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream plays August 28 at 7PM EDT and August 29 at 3PM EDT. For tickets, click here. Yesterday I sat down (virually) with Erin Cronican and William...
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REVIEW: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Seeing Place, NYC
While this pandemic is, as the youngsters say, for the birds (my imaginary youngsters are all living in 1943), one of its silver linings is the accessibility of performances all over the world. As a...
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Protect Historically Accurate Casting
Detail from the Kalender of the Shepherdes, 1490s, Paris Well, they’re at it again! This time they want to take away our precious American and European heritage with their aggressively political...
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Is Trump Planting Undercover FBI Agents in Schools?
I’ve been job hunting for months. As someone with many years of teaching experience under my belt, I have alerts set for education-related positions on several job sites. The entire time I’ve been...
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When Someone Like Trump Gets Sick
Trump waves from a car after demanding he be taken on a joyride outside the hospital to wave at supporters on October 4. The Secret Service accompanying him now must quarantine for 14 days. (Image:...
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Why It Matters That Trump Called Kamala Harris “This Monster”
All photos of Senator Harris are taken from her Senate website, harris.senate.gov. There’s a lot going on today. The FBI caught a white militia in an attempt to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen...
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GOP Politicians: Your Five Point Plan to Surviving Trump
I’ve long said that GOP politicians will stand by Trump, no matter how criminal, dangerous, or simply bizarre his behavior is, until the exact second he becomes a political liability. Well, we’re two...
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The Future of Theater in the US
Everything is in flux, our future is uncertain, and we’ve never been more important. Are we really that important? The arts are always important, but they’re critical during cultural inflection...
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Election Lawsuits: A Calming Closer Look
I have to admit I’m writing this piece as much for myself as I am for you. As a card-carrying Gen Xer, I’m a firm believer in KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! The more we know about Trump’s election lawsuits and...
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Worldbuilding: Your Secret Weapon
Art by Asia Ellington! I only own this dress in my dreams. I’m giving a workshop in worldbuilding for playwrights! Come play with me! Worldbuilding isn’t something we talk about often in playwriting...
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Theatre As Commodity: Saving Our Industry By Undoing Our Worst Mistake
We are a luxury good. And that? That’s not a compliment. It’s a calamity. Chris Quintos in The Chalk Boy by Joshua Conkel at my theatre, Impact Theatre. Photo by Cheshire Isaacs. Theatre is a shared...
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Ten Ableist Tropes to Jettison in 2021
People with disabilities make up a significant percentage of the population– by some measures, a full quarter– and yet, despite aggressive, ongoing ableism, we are almost always left out of...
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Is Your School Reopening Its Buildings? Here Are the Questions to Ask.
Photo by Xavier Donat. Creative Commons License. There’s been a flurry of activity nationwide about the need to reopen school buildings and get back to in-person instruction. No one wants to get back...
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Trans Girls, Sports, and Punishing Difference
Andraya Yearwood found herself at the center of a controversy when cis female runners sued her and another girl to stop them from running in high school track meets. (Photo: Jesse Ditmar) There’s a...
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How Can My Organization Attract and Retain Diverse Staff?
Photo by pxhere.com, Creative Commons License. This is a question I’ve been asked often both as a consultant and as a professional colleague. I know that some people want to hear concrete,...
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Eight Basics of Successful Nonprofit Leadership
Leadership. Leading a nonprofit is, in many ways, like leading any kind of business. Some of these I learned growing up watching my father run his small business. For most of my adult life, I’ve...
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