Category: Notes from the Field

There are so many more great works for us to hear, let’s broaden the “cannon.”

The recent renaissance in American drama would be unthinkable without the energy and imaginative daring of a group of gifted young Black playwrights. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-07-01/new-radicalism-of-black-playwriting

Theatre can provide respite from the real world – but it can also share our confusion at the chaos that surrounds us and show us that we are not alone. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jun/28/when-the-world-feels-so-profoundly-uncertain-why-do-theatre-coronavirus-richard-nelson

Time for us to evolve and open our eyes to new models. The time is now. If not now then when? https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/article/time-let-go-protective-control

Is this something like opening Pandora’s box? The textbooks are being rewritten as we speak. Can it benefit more people? Only time will tell. https://time.com/5851870/federal-reserve-coronavirus/