Theater
Notes from a Star-Struck Fan
Mary-Kate Olsen is in Love
By Hans Vermy
I fell in love with a play about “falling in love” and “stardom”; the two go together like peanut butter and jelly. I’ve been allergic to peanuts since puberty, yet I still remember their earthy, sweet-buttery taste, one that I can never have again.
The Past and Future Sunsets of Dominique Morisseau
By Matthew Paul OlmosI first met Dominique Morisseau through the Lark Play Development Center—as a fantastically skilled actress who, for me, originated the role of Camae in Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop. Fast forward several years: again at the Lark, now I am on the final selection committee for Playwrights’ Week, when I read Detroit ’67, a play filled with a beautifully rhythmic language and a dark heart, its characters struggling to stay afloat in the middle of the 1967 Detroit Riots.
BEING THE IMAGINABLE
RUTH MALECZECH: A tribute
By Mallory Catlett, Martha Elliot, Karen Houppert, Melanie Joseph, Theodora Skipitares, Joe Stackell, and Nick Westrate
When iconic actress, director, and Mabou Mines co-founder Ruth Maleczech passed away last month, she left an expansive legacy of fierce artistic expression. Some fellow artists have spent a lifetime in her company, some have only witnessed her work from the outside, but for each of the contributors to this tribute, she was a touchstone—a living beacon leading onward by way of her fearless creative spirit, sharp insight (and tongue), and her many gifts of time, talent, and mentorship to fellow artists.
Surfing the Coasts: L.A.’s IAMA Theatre Company Hits N.Y.C.
By Addie Johnson TalbottTheater runs on the fuel of its own gypsy blood. As theater artists, we all have it in us, even when we settle down: the thrill of travel, the prospect of getting to tell our stories, with our people, in a new place and time.
