{"id":146971,"date":"2025-07-18T14:09:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/american-theatre-offscript-a-conversation-about-our-theatre-futures\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T14:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:09:20","slug":"american-theatre-offscript-a-conversation-about-our-theatre-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/american-theatre-offscript-a-conversation-about-our-theatre-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"AMERICAN THEATRE | Offscript: A Conversation About Our Theatre Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-89232\">\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/theatre-futures-panel.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ridizain-full-width size-ridizain-full-width wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/theatre-futures-panel.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/theatre-futures-panel-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/theatre-futures-panel-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/theatre-futures-panel-372x186.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" data-attachment-id=\"89235\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/2025\/07\/18\/offscript-a-conversation-about-our-theatre-futures\/theatre-futures-panel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/theatre-futures-panel.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,453\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"theatre-futures-panel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rob Weinert-Kendt, Patricia McGregor, Jesse Jae Hoon, Lizzie Stern, and Deeksha Gaur.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/theatre-futures-panel-300x151.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/theatre-futures-panel.jpg\"\/>\t<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Rob Weinert-Kendt, Patricia McGregor, Jesse Jae Hoon, Lizzie Stern, and Deeksha Gaur.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .feature-image --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Offscript is\u00a0<em>American\u00a0Theatre<\/em>\u2019s flagship podcast<\/strong>, obtainable wherever you get your podcasts (together with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2HToPqMuDIgK8pgqBpi5vO?si=Pvu9S-yMT3Stxew8twfrIg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/american-theatres-offscript\/id643325271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>), and this month we now have a really particular episode for you.<\/p>\n<p>To culminate our yearlong Theatre Futures collection, supported by the Ford Foundation, for which we commissioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/theatre-futures\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"85396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">16 essays<\/a> from theatre staff and thinkers all around the U.S., we gathered 4 New York City-based theatre people to assist us envision a viable future for this artwork kind. These panelists characterize the 4 tentpoles of our Theatre Futures essay\/provocations\u2014establishments (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/category\/feature\/theatrefutures\/business-models-and-collaboration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enterprise fashions &amp; collaboration<\/a>), staff (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/category\/feature\/theatrefutures\/economic-justice-and-labor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">financial justice &amp; labor<\/a>), artwork (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/category\/feature\/theatrefutures\/content-and-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">content material &amp; kind<\/a>), and audiences (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/category\/feature\/theatrefutures\/audience-and-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viewers &amp; impression<\/a>)\u2014with full recognition that the boundaries amongst these classes are porous and the artwork and enterprise and integrally linked and interdependent. Our panelists are:<\/p>\n<p>Patricia McGregor, creative director, New York Theatre Workshop; Jesse Jae Hoon, playwright and labor organizer; Lizzie Stern, literary director, Playwrights Horizons; and Deeksha Gaur, government director, Theatre Development Fund. The moderator is <em>American Theatre <\/em>editor-in-chief Rob Weinert-Kendt. The video under was produced by Jordan Young, and shot and edited by Hank Allen.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"\/>\n<p>You can obtain the episode\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/n98v7fm6e22f5xgg\/OffscriptJuly2025.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right here<\/a>. If you&#8217;ve got any suggestions or recommendations for Offscript, please attain out to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/2025\/07\/18\/offscript-a-conversation-about-our-theatre-futures\/mailto:at@tcg.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at@tcg.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"3djaKjlcNPc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Theatre Futures: A conversation with American Theatre\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3djaKjlcNPc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"awac-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"awac widget text-2\">\n<div class=\"textwidget\">\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Support American Theatre: a simply and thriving theatre ecology begins with data for all. Please be part of us on this mission by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/join\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">becoming a member of TCG<\/a>, which entitles you to copies of our quarterly print journal and helps help a protracted legacy of high quality nonprofit arts journalism.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"tag-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/tag\/deeksha-gaur\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deeksha Gaur<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/tag\/jesse-jae-hoon\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Jae Hoon<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/tag\/new-york-theatre-workshop\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Theatre Workshop<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/tag\/patricia-mcgregor\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patricia McGregor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/tag\/playwrights-horizons\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Playwrights Horizons<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/tag\/showcase\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Showcase<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/tag\/theatre-development-fund\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Theatre Development Fund<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/tag\/theatre-futures\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Theatre Futures<\/a><\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;appId=249643311490&version=v2.3\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] &#13; &#13; &#13; Rob Weinert-Kendt, Patricia McGregor, Jesse Jae Hoon, Lizzie Stern, and Deeksha Gaur. 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