Table of Contents

Features:

The Quick-Change Artist
By Christopher Wallenberg
Diane Paulus has wasted no time revamping ART's outlook and aesthetic—and generating buzz and backlash

I Can See My Father from Here
By Robert Avila
The political is intensely personal in Jonathan Moscone and Tony Taccone's 'Ghost Light'

Dissolving the Barriers
By Celia Wren
Theatre professionals discuss strategies for bringing artists, institutions and communities closer together

Playscript
El Nogalar

The complete text of Tanya Saracho's fast-paced riff on Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, set against the backdrop of Mexico's drug-cartel wars

Plus, an interview with the playwright by Tanya Palmer

Departments:

Editor's Note

From the Executive Director
United in Artistry

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

Front & Center

Production Notebook
The Mystery of Irma Vep at Arizona Theatre Company

Critic's Notebook
Rob Weinert-Kendt on the 2011 Humana Festival

First Person
Bryce Pinkham on performing Ajax at Guantanamo

KJ Sanchez on creating ReEntry for and about veterans

Currents
Finding Penelope in a Wisconsin nursing home, by Paul Kosidowski

Strategies
Two-wheelers and two languages hit the road, bringing theatre to parks
By Eliza Bent

Global Spotlight

July/August On Stage

20 Questions
for Zach Braff