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americantheatre.org > 02/16/2026 > grad-expectations

AMERICAN THEATRE | Grad Expectations

2+ hour, 17+ min ago  (1902+ words) Theatre students from the class of 2024 tell us how they're faring in a changing market. I couch-surfed at friends' apartments, and for a month I shared a bunk bed with my toddler cousins in Brooklyn before finally landing a lease....

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americantheatre.org > 01/22/2026 > a-play-without-live-actors-is-an-ark-theatres-afterlife

A Play Without Live Actors: Is ‘An Ark’ Theatre’s Afterlife?

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (568+ words) With a script by Simon Stephens and a (video-captured) cast of 4, a new mixed-reality experience at The Shed may be the closest this new medium has come to a bona fide play. As An Ark opens, actor Golda Rosheuvel enters…...

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americantheatre.org > 07/15/2025 > at-the-verbatim-salon-immigrants-speak-through-actors

At the Verbatim Salon, Immigrants Speak Through Actors

7+ mon, 1+ day ago  (405+ words) A monthly gathering produced by the American Playwriting Foundation channels stories of the U.S. immigration system with the unique theatrical urgency of in-ear verbatim technique. David Bar Katz, American Playwriting Foundation's founding artistic director, admitted some initial skepticism about the in-ear…...

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americantheatre.org > 07/09/2025 > mark-brokaw-class-wit-and-true-collaboration

Mark Brokaw: Class, Wit, and True Collaboration

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (226+ words) A friend and colleague remembers the director as a private but passionate man who treated new plays like classics, and classics like new plays. Director Mark Brokaw, known for directing dozens of major American plays, mostly Off-Broadway, including How I…...