Features:

Bruce Norris in the Danger Zone
An interview by Beatrice Basso
Why does the Clybourne Park playwright put such a premium on the freedom to provoke?

The Arts District Difference
By Christopher Johnston
Cleveland Play House's move to the city's PlayhouseSquare complex reverberates throughout the nation

Sparks of Energy
6 designers share vivid impressions of the 2011 Prague Quadrennial

Pumping and Pumping Out
by Brendan Kiley
Genre-defying performer Reggie Watts advocates theatre that shifts gears and keeps its engines running

Special Section: Season Preview 2011-12
Production schedules at TCG theatres from coast to coast
lus: More than 40 theatremakers tell us what they're most looking forward to in the coming season; and the season's Top 10 plays

Departments:

Editor's Note

From the Executive Director
Diversity Squared

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

Front & Center

Production Notebook
Show Boat at Goodspeed Musicals

People
The unequivocal Bill Cain by Margot Melcon

Currents
Paula Plum on handling "hot moments" on stage

The art and business of the cast album by Jonathan Mandell

David Finkle on cash prizes for playwrights

Conversations
Director Peter Sellars and Beirut-based theatremaker Maya Zbib

Books
OyamO reads up on Suzan-Lori Parks

Strategies
Eliza Bent on theatres forging community connections

Global Spotlight

October On Stage