Come Together
Problem A one-man show with a single set shouldn't be all that difficult to pull off, but designer/playwright/actor Anthony Nikolchev created some challenges
Season Of The Scenario
This may be the season of the scenario. In the space of two months, audiences in Ann Arbor, MI, experienced two productions that were designed before they were written. Both involved tricky entranceways
Caution: Robotic Technology At Work
Problem Please turn on your cell phones, and set them to vibrate. Spectators have played a part in performance since theatre began, laughing, gasping,
When Direction Responds To Design
Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman unfolds in an interrogation room where a writer is investigated because the plots of his gruesome stories resemble
Homeless In The American Theatre
Even as housing prices plummet, homes remain beyond reach for too many theatres. Under-funded and struggling to survive, young theatres, and a growing
Problem/Solution: Naked City
Problem No curtain. No scenery. So begins Our Town. When director David Cromer began work on the show for the Hypocrites Theatre Company in Chicago, he
