Ali Stroker ‘Anything Is Possible’
By Tom Alsip | ‘This award is for every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability, who has a limitation or a challenge, who has been waiting … Read more
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Rosemary Harris ‘A True National Treasure’
By Keith T. Martin | In presenting celebrated theatre actress Rosemary Harris with the 2021 Distinguished Career Award, SETC President Maegan McNerney Azar (she/her) astutely noted that the recipient “has … Read more
Yes, and… Moving Racial Equity and Justice from the Page to the Stage
By Derrick Vanmeter | “Theatre is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.” – Martha Graham In the wake of renewed calls for … Read more
Best Practices to Make Theatre Classrooms Inclusive
Written by Sharrell D. Luckett | “White people seem paralyzed,” I said to a colleague. “What?” she asked. “Some of them seem confused,” I continued, “and I’m not sure why. … Read more
So, What Really Happens When You Try to Open a Theatre in the Middle of a Pandemic?
Written by Deanna Thompson | Southern Theatre followed up with the six theatres featured in our Summer 2020 issue that either had opened or hoped to open for summer seasons … Read more
We’re listening. Black theatre artists tell us what needs to change.
Introduction by Marci J. Duncan | With the recent resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, everyone is listening. Listening to the cries that have now turned into full-on screams of … Read more
How Theatre Makes Its Comeback: Producing Shows in a Pandemic
Written by Stefanie Maiya Lehmann | As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the U.S., the majority of theatres across the country remain closed. According to Americans for the … Read more
3 Questions to Guide You in Reopening
Written by Stefanie Maiya Lehmann | Broadly thinking, there are three major questions theatre companies must ask when considering whether or not they are ready to reopen. Each of these … Read more
10 Reopening Tips: A Stage Manager’s Perspective
Matthew Stern, longtime Broadway stage manager and producer of the Broadway Stage Management Symposium, shared 10 changes that he believes will be necessary for theatre practitioners to safely return to … Read more
The Piano Man
Jose Simbulan holds the keys to success for thousands of auditionees. At most of SETC’s Professional Auditions for the last 25 years, he has been the unflappable pianist at the … Read more