Spotlight On...Connor Wright
Name: Connor WrightHometown: Doylestown, PAEducation: NYU, BFA Dramatic Writing (2016)Favorite Credits: I once played Javert in my high-school production of Les Mis. I was a very noodly Javert.Why...
View ArticleReview: The New Rules of Love
By Michael BlockThe image of the modern family is ever changing. They come in every shape and size. From two dads or two moms, families with adopted children, blended families, you name it, they're...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Matthew Hazen
Name: Matthew HazenHometown: Miami, FloridaEducation: New World School of the Arts High School, Musical Theatre ConcentrationSyracuse University, B.F.A. in Musical TheatreSelect Credits: RENT...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Stuart Fail
Name: Stuart FailHometown: McHenry, IL.Education: MFA in Writing for Theatre, Film and Television from UCLA.Favorite Credits: As a director: Orphans, Hurlyburly, A Life in the Theatre, The Artificial...
View ArticleReview: The Holden Inside
By Michael BlockSometimes others' actions can take great toll on an individual. In Holden, J.D. Salinger can't quite seem to follow up the success of "The Catcher in the Rye" after he's haunted by the...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Austin Pendleton
Name: Austin PendletonHometown: Warren, OHEducation: Yale School of DramaSelect Credits: Broadway in the revival of The Diary of Anne Frank and Off-Broadway in the title roles of Hamlet, Richard III...
View ArticleReview: Porn in the Closet
By Michael Block Some people have skeletons in their closet. Others have porn. In Our Dead Friend's Porn by Connor Wright, Nate's porn stash reveal a wealth of secrets that aid in finding closure for...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Eric Joshua Davis
Name: Eric Joshua DavisHometown: Ashland, KYEducation: B.A Dramatic Arts from Centre College. Rose Bruford College in UKSelect Credits: Stanley in Brighton Beach Memoirs and Richard in The Rise and...
View ArticleReview: One Strong Mama
By Michael BlockAll Mariah MacCarthy wanted to do was give her child to gay people. And spoiler alert, she did. But even with the conclusion spoiled in the title, Baby Mama: One Woman’s Quest to Give...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Jeremy Williams
Name: Jeremy WilliamsHometown: North Little Rock, Arkansas.Education: BA in Artistic Leadership/Liberal Studies from University of Louisville; MFA Theatre: Contemporary Performance from Naropa...
View ArticleReview: #Adulting
By Michael Block Marie-Aude Murail wrote an original story about a young gay man who finds himself as the legal guardian of half siblings he never knew he had. A narrative of sensitive subjects, this...
View ArticleBecome a Theater in the Now Patron!
It's official! We have launched our official Patreon! By becoming a Theater in the Now patron, you will be helping TITN grow by adding more content, expanded coverage, and a much needed revamped...
View ArticleSpotlight On...George Simon
Name: George SimonHometown: Peekskill, NYEducation: Muhlenberg College, B.A. in Theatre and Religion StudiesFavorite Credits: Company Manager of Dust Can't Kill Me, Forest Boy, Newton's Cradle, and...
View ArticleReview: Dragon Slayer: A Love Story?
By Kaila M. Stokes Dragon Slayer, presented by Scialli Productions and written by Tony Scialli, is not quite what you’d expect from the title. This original musical is funny, ridiculous, and entirely...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Lawrence Dial
Name: Lawrence DialHometown: Newburgh (Evansville), IndianaEducation: The Evansville Mafia (University of Evansville)Favorite Credits: In the Room, produced by Slant Theatre Project, Kelli Giddish, in...
View ArticleBlock Talk Episode 3- Tess Howsam and Blaire O'Leary
Block Talk is BACK! In this episode, Michael Block talks with Exquisite Corpse Company's Tess Howsam and Blaire O'Leary about everything ECC including Corpse Revival Series: Like Clockwork at Dixon...
View ArticleReview: Crisis in Parenthood
By Michael Block Married life can be bliss. And then a baby enters the equation. In Lawrence Dial's DANNYKRISDONNAVERONICA, two city-dwelling couples are each two kids deep, each with their own set of...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Liarra Michelle
Name: Liarra MichelleHometown: Denver, ColoradoSelect Credits: The Public Theatre's Twelfth Night. Also, Captive Audience, The Signal Season of Dummy Hoy, Smoke on the Mountain, and Inherit the Wind....
View ArticleSpotlight On...Kristin Heckler
Name: Kristin HecklerHometown: Sellersville, PAEducation: Duke University, BA in Women's Studies & Spanish. The New School for Drama, MFA in Theatre DirectingFavorite Credits:How I Learned to Drive...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Jenna Spiwack
Name: Jenna SpiwackHometown: Brewster, NY.Education: Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA.Why theater?: Three things come to mind: 1. Because of the sound of an audience watching something exciting,...
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