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‘Disgraced’ Does Not Apologize

Critics and audiences across the country (including the Pulitzer Prize committee) have been raving about Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced since its 2012 premiere. But Disgraced and the actions of its characters are not without controversy and can be difficult to watch at times....

‘Disgraced’ Does Not Apologize

Richard Montoya and Roger Guenveur Smith Excavate ‘American Venice’

On June 5, 1951, a Latino African-American surfer named Nick Gabaldon paddled 12 or 13 miles north from the Santa Monica-Venice border to the Malibu Pier—a journey that cost him his life. Gabaldon had taught himself to surf at the Ink Well, a section of beach at the end of the Santa Monica Pier reserved for African-Americans; he couldn't sim...

Richard Montoya and Roger Guenveur Smith Excavate ‘American Venice’

Suzan-Lori Parks’ Journey from a New York Bar to Household Name

Since the late 1980s, Suzan-Lori Parks’ plays have graced stages in every major American city. She is a recipient of the coveted MacArthur “Genius” Award, the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and the first Master Writer Chair at New York City’s Public Theater. Her newest play, Father Comes Home From The W...

Suzan-Lori Parks’ Journey from a New York Bar to Household Name

Creating Roads: a Conversation with Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks

Suzan-Lori Parks has been named one of Time magazine’s “100 Innovators for the Next New Wave.” She is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and a MacArthur “Genius” award recipient. Her plays, screenplays, poems, and songs have garnered countless awards from organizations across the United States. Her most recent play, Father Comes Hom...

Creating Roads: a Conversation with Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks

Bash into the Playwright Behind 'The Mystery of Love & Sex'

Playwright Bathsheba Doran mined her own experiences in family, romance, and friendship to write The Mystery of Love & Sex, which plays the Mark Taper Forum through March 20, 2016. The play follows Charlotte and Jonny as they negotiate their long and complicated relationship with each other...and with Charlotte’s parents....

Bash into the Playwright Behind 'The Mystery of Love & Sex'

Celebrating the Playwrights in Our Backyard

Walk into restaurants, boutiques, and bookstores across Los Angeles, and you’ll find chefs and salespeople touting all things “local”: steaks from locally raised cows, handbags by local artisans, and books by local authors. But you hear this buzzword far less often in the city’s theatres, despite the fact that “Los Angeles is a playwritin...

Celebrating the Playwrights in Our Backyard
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