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Power Tools Every Community Theatre Shop Should Own

Equip your community theatre shop with the best power tools—drills, saws, sanders—for safe, efficient, and creative set building...
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Rainbows and Reflections: Looking Backwards and Forwards at Pride.

A moving reflection on Pride, protest, and the power of LGBTQ+ voices to build joy, community, and lasting change...

Sauvignon Blanca: Genuine. Strange. Kind.

Drag artist Sauvignon Blanca shares their raw, strange, and inspiring journey through reinvention, resilience, and radical creativity...

In Memoriam: John Conklin (1937–2025)

Honoring John Conklin (1937–2025), visionary designer and dramaturg who reshaped opera and theatre with intellect, rigor, and soul...

Courtney Banks: Centering Care in Every Stage

Discover Courtney Banks’ journey as an Indigenous, queer production manager shaping inclusive, accessible theater with heart and humor...

Queer Theatres Around The World.

Discover queer theatres worldwide uplifting LGBTQIA+ voices through radical, inclusive, and genre-defying performance...

Alex J. Alegria: Seeking New BIPoC Voices and Plays

Meet emerging lighting designer Alex J. Alegría, whose journey from backstage to bold storytelling is one to watch...

Alyssa Dillard: Showing Up in Sound and Stillness

Artist Alyssa Dillard builds intimate, imaginative works through sound, story, and stillness across theatre, performance, and installation...

From the Tonys to the Protests: Ovation to Outrage.

What this year’s Tony Awards couldn’t show you: the growing gap between Broadway celebration and national protest...

Elba Emicente Sánchez: Through Light and Heritage.

Meet Elba Emicente Sánchez, a rising Mexican lighting designer using culture and collaboration to shape bold, cross-border stage stories...

Jamie Shriner: A Voice for the Joyfully Awkward

Musical comedian Jamie Shriner turns awkward youth into bold, hilarious storytelling that redefines joy, queerness, and comedy itself...

Emilio Torres Morales: A Sound Yet Unheard.

Composer Emilio Torres Morales turns hidden emotion into sound, asking bold questions through music that challenges and connects...

Alex Rockey: Weaving Queer Identity and Joy.

Designer Alex Rockey blends queer identity, scenic and costume storytelling to craft joyful, emotional worlds on and off the stage...

Sol Kellan: The Savage Poetry of Flowers.

Costume designer Sol Kellan blends memory, myth, and fantasy in wearable art—from Día de Muertos parades to intimate acts of personal transformation...

Mexico at WSD2025: National Design with Global Impact.

Mexico’s designers lead at World Stage Design 2025 with bold, poetic work exploring identity, ecology, and memory on a global stage...

Mahatma Ordaz: Where Theatre and Nature Meet.

Explore the creative journey of Mahatma Ordaz, a Mexican scenographer and theatre researcher, and her inspiring approach to design and lighting...

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