Table of Contents

Features:

Down the Rabbit Hole with Stephanie Ansin
Her eye-popping shows captivate South Florida youngsters—and impress grown-ups who tag along
By Bill Hirschman

Viva La Mama
Ellen Stewart's friends, collaborators, admirers and "babies" remember the woman who invented American alternative theatre—and changed the face of world theatre

Word Drunk, World Savvy
For Kate Loewald's Play Company, producing plays in translation is a tool of global insight
By Randy Gener

WEB EXCLUSIVE: The Time of His Life
Swimming with Spalding Gray, through good times and bad
By Laurie Stone
(An abridged version of this essay appears in the magazine's print edition)

Departments:

Editor's Note

From the Executive Director
What a Difference a Day Makes

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

Front & Center

Production Notebook
Cooking with Elisa at St. Louis's Upstream Theater

People
Designer David Gallo, by Rick Pender

Anchorage's Sandy Harper, by Peter Porco

Currents
Action-packed youth shows, by Stuart Miller

Opinion
Margot Melcon on grant-writing dos and don'ts

Books
Terry Berliner reviews bios of musical theatre masters

Strategies
Eliza Bent looks at theatres that publish

Global Spotlight

March On Stage

20 Questions
for Robert Lopez