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W.H. Auden, meditating on the role of the artist in a poem by W.B. Yeats, concluded that poetry “makes nothing happen.” While generally true, the precept doesn’t hold in the case of playwright Athol ...

With his work “gay play (NO HOMO),” a Broomfield playwright uses a satirical lens to explore the barriers to LGBTQ health care and acceptance in society. Drake Susuras grew up in Broomfield and said ...

Tom Stoppard, the award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose intellectually challenging dramas made him one of the leading writers of the stage, has died. He was 88. Stoppard wrote more than 30 ...

Winter Haven playwright Jack McGrath will be on hand to answer questions from the audience after the staged reading of his new play, Feast of Fools, at 8 p.m. today at the Octagon Arts Center, 2470 ...

Back in 2018, an attorney-playwright (and former Chicago Police Department employee) named Loy A. Webb made a stunning Chicago theater debut with a play called “The Light,” a work about the aftermath ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Several attempts to capture the late Jane Scott’s story in its entirety on film and in book form have been made over the years. To date, none of them have crossed the finish line.

(Mass Appeal) – “The Obituary,” the latest creation from playwright Benjamin Smith, delves into the poignant tale of a father and son grappling with issues of identity, love, and acceptance in a ...

Jimmy Hogan (left), Freddy Mauricio, Kat Evans, Terry McCabe, Shraman Ghosh, marssie Mencotti in rehearsal for "Waiting for Tina Meyer," which premieres March 17, 2024. It’s taken decades for this day ...

John Spellos’ creative roots are in the Capital Region and even though his screenwriting and documentary career took him beyond the area in which he grew up, seeing his original play on stage at ...