Table of Contents

Features:

A Gay Marine's Journey Home
A crisis of conscience in Iraq becomes the raw material for 'The Eyes of Babylon'
By Jeff Key

America's Last Taboo
Canvassing unfamiliar territory, a playwright and performer learns that class can't be dismissed
By Anne Galjour

Anatomy of an Experiment
When the Tectonic team returned to 'The Laramie Project,' the docudrama's sequel became a collective creation seen and heard 'round the world
By Moisés Kaufman

Playscript:

The Aliens

Annie Baker's portrait of a small-town trio. Plus, an interview with the playwright by Stuart Miller

Editor's Note

From the Executive Director
To the Penthouse!

News in Brief
Plus: Entrances & Exits; Awards & Prizes; In Memoriam

Front & Center

Production Notebook
A True History of the Johnstown Flood at Goodman Theatre

People
William Kentridge, by Eileen Blumenthal

Critic's Notebook
Eliza Bent on the 2010 Humana Festival

Currents
5 theatre professionals react to TDF's Outrageous Fortune

Books
Randy Gener on 2 collections of theatre essays

Strategies
A Chicago-area theatre uses social media to fill those last few free seats
by Eliza Bent

Global Spotlight

July/August On Stage

20 Questions
for Peter Stein