American Theatre

The only national magazine that provides comprehensive coverage of the world of theatre both in the U.S. and abroad. Includes 5 complete playscripts each year, artist profiles, and much more. Two special issues published each year "Theatre Training" (January) and "Season Preview" (October).

American Theatre

From the Publisher

Contributors

From the Executive Office

Queering the Countryside (and Vice Versa)

PRESIDENTIAL CROWD WORK

CAN ‘HANUKKAH’ SPARKLE?

AIN’T NO REINDEER HIGH ENOUGH

WHEN RONNIE MET MISHA

SAMMI CANNOLD • Sammi Cannold’s career as a director ranges from Olympics opening ceremonies to episodic TV, but musical theatre remains a central pursuit (she helmed How to Dance in Ohio on Broadway). She next directs the pop musical GRIM at La Jolla Playhouse, Oct. 27-Nov. 29, and The Turning at Center Theatre Group in fall 2027.

MFONISO UDOFIA • A writer for screen and stage, Mfoniso Udofia has made waves with her nine-play Ufot Family Cycle, which will wrap up its two-and-a-half-year Boston-area reign at the Huntington this fall. Udofia is also readying the world premiere of creation stories and all the important importants at Lincoln Center Theater, Sept. 15-Nov. 1.

Pa’lante: Reflections from the 2026 TCG National Conference

A Tale of THREE CITIES

District Defiance • How theatres in the nation’s capital are surviving, striving, and living to fight another day.

L.A.’s Runway Project • The state of play(s) in Southern California, where the theatre refuses to die.

The Atlanta Way • Despite challenges with funding and perception, theatre in Georgia’s capital city is eclectic and vibrant.

So Far Away, SO CLOSE • Iranian theatre artists share how they are creating (or not) while holding space for grief, solidarity, and hope amid ongoing war.

Black CONSTITUTION AND REVIVAL • Seven years after our issue on the state of Black theatre, old and new issues arise.

Black Theatres in the U.S.

A Sorta SIM-COM ROM-COM • How ‘Elephant Shoes,’ an original musical co-produced by Deaf West and Two River Theater, retold ‘Cyrano’ with spoken word, ASL, and projected text.

The Life You Gave Me • A son tries to save his mother. She has other ideas. So do two mysterious strangers who watch the play—and ask the son to tell the story again and again until he gets it right, whatever “right” might be.

NOVID PARSI: IF ONLY

Plays That POP

Top 10*

Top 20*

SEASON PREVIEW 2026-2027

THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP’S MISSION IS TO… • lead for a just and thriving theatre ecology

From the Archives • CAN YOU NAME THE PERFORMERS AND THE SHOWS?