Table of Contents
Features:
Welcome Back to Grover's Corners
Our Town never left the stage, but this season's productions are finding sharp new angles
by Lori Ann Laster
SPECIAL SECTION: THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT ON STAGE
Who Can Speak for Me?
Israel's vibrant theatre scene boldly assays the Palestinian conflict—but with authentic voices from the other side mostly missing
by Richard Stein
See Under: Homeland
On U.S. stages, Israeli and American artists espouse humanism in a world of violence
by Randy Gener
Beyond Concrete
In Israeli scenography, is the wall an icon of intractable divisions or a looking glass?
by Tal Itzhaki
Challenging the Walls
How Ashtar Theatre delves into the brutalities and inequities of Palestinian life
PLUS: Al-Kasaba Theatre Comes to D.C.
by Hala Khamis Nassar
Rehearsing for Freedom
In West Bank refugee camps and in Gaza, theatre helps children channel their chronic fears and traumas
by Alisa Solomon
WEB EXCLUSIVE:
12 Positions on Cultural Sanctions
Theatre practitioners offer their views on a call to boycott Israel.
Compiled by Randy Gener
World's Eye View
An illustrated, international guide to summer theatre festivals
Compiled by Eliza Bent, S. Holland Bivins and Nicole Estvanik
Departments:
From the Executive Director
Speed Dating in Bogotá
News in Brief
Plus: Entrances & Exits; Awards & Prizes
Front & Center
Production Notebook
The Seagull at Classic Stage Company
People
Michael Friedman
by Wendy Weisman
Critic's Notebook
Colorado New Play Summit
by David Ng
Currents
The new age of radio drama
by Sarah Lemanczyk
Antecedents
Robert Brustein on the founding of American Repertory Theatre, with additional material exclusive to the web
Strategies
Playwrights who produce
20 Questions
Pina Bausch