Twenty years ago, Katori Hall was an aspiring playwright who had just finished her undergraduate degree. Within ten years, she would have an Olivier Award and her break-out play running on Broadway. ... Read More ›
Get the post-show conversation going with these Discussion Questions for The Band’s Visit
In some ways, music is another character in the play, one that everyone interacts with at some point. How does ... Read More ›
July 28, 1914 – At the outbreak of World War I, the Eastern Mediterranean is under the control of two world powers. The region of Palestine has been part of the Ottoman ... Read More ›
The Band’s Visit has the rare honor of becoming a phenomenal success twice, first as a film and later as a musical. Both times, this beloved tale transcended its modest origins to ... Read More ›
Playwright Sarah Ruhl created these ten discussion questions when writing an afterword for a new published edition of Eurydice.
Who have you lost ... Read More ›
If you’ve never encountered the story of Orpheus and Eurydice before, you may want to stop here. And lucky ... Read More ›
Sarah Ruhl is an award-winning American playwright, author, essayist, and professor. Her plays have been produced extensively over the past ... Read More ›
Get the post-show conversation going with these Discussion Questions for A Distinct Society.
During the play Manon says, “My library, my rules.” and separately, Bruce says, “I don’t make the rules. I just enforce ... Read More ›Ghormeh Sabzi
A traditional Persian stew ... Read More ›
Declan, one of the characters in A Distinct Society, is an avowed fan of comic books—or graphic novels, as he prefers to call them. His favorite of all is the Green Lantern, ... Read More ›
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