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Svitlana Kosiak: A Universe With No Borders.

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Bill West-Davis: Any Place Can Be a Stage.

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Inhabited Scenographies Workshop

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Emergency Mobility Grants 2027

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Nordic Currents 2027–2028 Open Call

Europe
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June 2027–June 2028

Arts Respond Performance Support Grant

Texas, USA
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July-December 2027 Residencies

North Adams, MA
In Person
2-4 weeks

5 ARTISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW:

STORYTELLERS IN MOTION

Five artists who tell their stories through movement. From dancing on the edge of gravity to the fierce, unfiltered truth of a body in performance, to translating music into movement, these are the artists who understand that motion is its own language, and that every gesture carries a story.

Brenné Forst: Creation is Survival.

Stanlee Harris: The Score Is Only the Beginning.

Emerson Valentina: Artists, Not Products.

Darya Vintilova: Dancing on the Edge of Gravity.

Alyssa Johnson: Unfiltered. Ferocious. Beautifully Flawed.

5 ARTISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW:

Voices that carry culture forward.

Artists from around the world who carry their own cultures, languages, and traditions onto the global stage. From Lebanese Hakawati storytelling to the history held in a single thread, these five artists prove that heritage is something we carry, transform, and hand forward.

Harri Horsley: Identity is in Every Thread.

Dahlia Al-Habieli: Collaboration as a First Language

Harumi Hirata: Whose Stories do we Tell?

Heekyung Kim: Into the Spiral Path

Raffi Feghali: From Hakawati to the Future of Theatre.

TOOLKIT

Guides, resources, recommendations, and professional advice for artists.

Life After Graduation: Auditions, Jobs, and Building Sustainable Momentum.

Navigate life after theatre graduation with practical guidance on auditions, survival jobs, financial planning, and sustainable momentum.

GUIDES

Black British Plays American Theatres Should Discover.

Six essential plays by Black British playwrights that American theatres should be producing — from Natasha Gordon to debbie tucker green.

BOOKS

Essential Plays by Asian American Playwrights Every Theater Should Produce.

Six essential plays by Asian American playwrights every theater company should know — from David Henry Hwang to Lauren Yee and beyond.

BOOKS

Jay Duckworth posing with some of his props

Professor Duckworth’s Guide to the Perfect Props List.

Jay Duckworth shares his proven method for building the perfect theater props list, tested on shows like Hamilton and Fun Home.

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The performing arts, explained.

What Is Technical Theatre?

What Does a Theatre Producer Do?

What Does a Stage Manager Do?

What Is Blocking in Theatre?

What Is a Dramaturg?

What Does a Sound Designer Do?

What Happens at a Theatre Audition?

What Is an Understudy?

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PROFILES

Artist interviews exploring creative practice and process.

Hernán Peñuela: Beautiful Things Save Us.

Colombian scenic designer whose intuitive, joyful practice builds worlds that make audiences and artists alike feel the alchemy of live performance.

PROFILES

In Memoriam: Robert Wilson (1941–2025)

Remembering Robert Wilson, the groundbreaking theatre artist who reshaped time, light, and space on stages across the world.

IN MEMORIAM

Nicole Stewart Reyes: A Mix of Ego and Survival.

Actor and playwright whose work moves between personal honesty and theatrical confrontation, building stories that leave no edges sanded down.

PROFILES

Zach Young: In Search of the Dancing Light.

Lighting designer Zach Young fuses tech and storytelling in dance-driven works like Levitations, activated by choreographer Alyssa Johnson.

NEW TALENTS

PRODUCTION NOTES

Shorts, editorials, and behind the scenes.

El Viaje de Roberto ft. Roberto Mosqueda | OFFSTAGE Ep. 11

Roberto Mosqueda cuenta cómo escribió La Leyenda del Ermitaño a los 40, la estrenó sin ensayo y la mueve por espacios independientes.

OFFSTAGE

Podcasts, talks, and conversations with artists from around the world.

Send the Message ft. Martín Acuña | OFFSTAGE Ep. 10

Martin Acuña, podcaster and marketer, on cold DMs, an O-1 artist visa, and building a theatre community before he

OFFSTAGE

Scrappy & Courageous ft. Canada PQ27 Team | OFFSTAGE Ep. 9

The Canada PQ 2027 team on The Seventh Fire, matriarchal curation, and building a sound-first exhibition for the Prague

OFFSTAGE

OPINION

Perspectives, commentary, and conversations shaping the field.

Halloween at the Circus: A Ukrainian Folk Tale Takes the Ring.

Inside Halloween at the Circus, where a Ukrainian pumpkin custom meets the jack-o’-lantern

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