This month we host a special conversation about the search process that led NYC's Rattlestick Theatre to hire its new artistic director, Will Davis.

Offscript: Searching for the Future

Martyna Majok

Stephen Adly Guirgis

On this special pre-Tony Awards edition, we talk to the playwrights nominated for 'Cost of Living' and 'Between Riverside and Crazy,' and to Playbill's Diep Tran.

Offscript: Will Martyna Majok & Stephen Adly Guirgis Go to the Tonys?

Ty Defoe

We talk to writer/director/trickster Ty Defoe about directing 'Rent' for the next generation, building community ties, and moving beyond land acknowledgements. Plus: a check-in with Denver reporter John Moore.

Offscript: Ty Defoe Is Planting the Seeds

A conversation with Joel Grey, Tovah Feldshuh, Caissie Levy, Michael Arden, and Bess Wohl about portrayals of Jewishness and antisemitism on New York stages.

Offscript: How Is This Time for Jews Onstage Different From All Others?

Lynn Nottage

Lauren Gunderson

On this episode we broke the news that Nottage's 'Clyde's' will be the most-produced play of the season, then welcomed her and fellow prolific scribe Gunderson on to talk shop.

Offscript: Most-Produced With Lynn Nottage & Lauren Gunderson

Molly Smith

On this episode we talk to the outgoing (in all senses) artistic director of Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage as she enters her 25th and final season.

Offscript: Molly Smith and the Next Revolution

On this episode we talk to actor/playwright Daniel K. Isaac about his epic new play 'Once Upon a (Korean) Time' and about the untold histories that inspired it.

Offscript: Daniel K. Isaac and the Tales We Tell

After our July break, we return for an interview with the writer-director-performer of 'The Nosebleed.'

Offscript: How Aya Ogawa Writes on Bodies in Space

This week, we share our live TCG conference session with arts journalist Sharon Eberson, City Theatre co-artistic director Monteze Freeland, and Quantum Theatre founder Karla Boos.

Offscript: Live From Pittsburgh

Benjamin Benne

This week we talk to the playwright of 'Alma' and 'In His Hands' about intimacy, religion, poetic realism, and Mario Kart.

Offscript: Benjamin Benne’s Questions of Faith

The official podcast of AMERICAN THEATRE, the national publication for the American not-for-profit theatre. Range of topics include playwright interviews, critical roundtable discussions and the latest shows coming up as recommended by our staff.

This week the editors discuss theatre's role in dispelling the fears and misconceptions surrounding abortion with Alison Leiby and Justice Hehir.

Offscript: What We Talk About When We Talk About Abortion

Karen Hartman

For this episode we talk to playwright Karen Hartman, who currently has 3 plays making NYC premieres in 59E59's first VOLT Festival.

Offscript: Karen Hartman’s Triple Feature

This week our guest is TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's artistic director Tim Bond, now directing August Wilson's 'Gem of the Ocean' there.

Offscript: Tim Bond’s Healing Journey Through the American Century Cycle

On this episode, the editors talk to the founding artistic director of Mixed Blood Theatre, Jack Reuler, and his soon-to-be successor Mark Valdez about leadership, social justice, and the future of theatre.

Offscript: Mixed Blood Is in Good Hands

Mei Ann Teo

On this episode the editors talk to the director of the drama '7 Minutes' about labor, management, and new-play development .

Offscript: Mei Ann Teo Finds Strength in the Collective

The editors speak to the playwright of ‘Dream Hou$e,’ a new play about gentrification, sisterhood, and reality TV, now onstage at Long Wharf Theatre.

Offscript: Eliana Pipes’s 3-Theatre ‘Dream Hou$e’

Chisa Hutchinson

The editors speak to the playwright of 'Amerikin,' a new play about white supremacy, now onstage Houston's Alley Theatre after repeated pandemic delays.

Offscript: Chisa Hutchinson Is Paying Attention

Jim Nicola

This week the editors talk to the artistic director of New York Theatre Workshop about his long and influential tenure there, which will end in June.

Offscript: Jim Nicola’s Workshop Ethic

The editors speak to the new artistic director of Southwest Shakespeare in Arizona about claiming the classics for all people everywhere.

Offscript: Debra Ann Byrd’s Bard

This week we say farewell to associate editor Jerald Raymond Pierce and talk to Steppenwolf Theatre's new co-artistic directors Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis.

Offscript: Steppenwolf’s Next Steps

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