By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Yussef El-Guindi. Playwright Yussef El Guindi reflects on Golden Thread’s pivotal second decade; writing in the post-9/11 landscape; and how Middle Eastern, North African, and Southwest Asian theatre carved sp Source link...
By Kristin Marting. On 20 April 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with multi-hypenates Purva Bedi and Mariana Newhard. Both are acclaimed writer performers who have worked in theatre, film, and TV. Source link...
By Chantal Bilodeau. Chantal Bilodeau reflects on a decade of curating the Theatre in the Age of Climate Change series and the ways the work (and world) has shifted in that time. Source link...
By Amanda L. Andrei. Amanda L. Andrei crossed continents to see Carolina Bianchi and Cara de Cavalo’s Chapter II: The Brotherhood in search of transformation. Source link...
By Torange Yeghiazarian, Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson. This episode is a deep dive into the founding of Golden Thread Productions with founding artistic director Torange Yeghiazarian—tracing how one artist’s vision grew into a movement that reshaped Mi Source link...
By Kate Brennan, Rachel Anderson-Rabern, David Lee White. Technological innovation is outpacing labor protections, and theatre is not immune to this phenomenon. Source link...
By Bayan Shbib. The Writing the Future workshop intended to create space where young Palestinian theatremakers’ could articulate their own precarity through monologue and solo performance. Source link...
By Kristin Marting. On 6 April 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the incomparable performance artist and cabaret singer Joey Arias. Source link...
By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson. Marina and Nabra take a sweeping look at thirty years of Middle Eastern, North African, and Southwest Asian theatre in the United States—from Golden Thread’s founding in 1996 to a growing ecosystem Source link...
By Kristin Marting. On 30 March 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the awe-inspiring, award-winning composer and performer Heather Christian, who was most recently recognized with a MacArthur Fellowship. Source link...
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