Interview with Erika Dickerson-Despenza: ‘Write the Thing that Changes the World’
By Charlene Adhiambo -- Erika Dickerson-Despenza is a Blk, queer feminist poet-playwright and cultural-memory worker from Chicago, Illinois. Sh
All Aboard: A Pop Culture Round-up on Cruise Ships
By Charlene Adhiambo -- This week we are highlighting The MS Phoenix Rising, a serial podcast created by director Katie Brook and writer Trish Harnet
On Grief, Remembrance, and Theatre
By Charlene Adhiambo -- On July 19, 2020, I made my theatre debut with my short play “Guardian”, which was read virtually at Saudade Theatre’s
Revisiting August Wilson’s “The Ground on Which I Stand”
By Charlene Adhiambo “This a new vanguard, this a new vanguard / I'm the new vanguard” - Noname, “Song 33” -- The past month of hypervisibili
Notes on My Mother’s Decline Idea Lab Events Announced
The Idea Lab complements our productions with an eclectic series of free public conversations, events, and activities with artists, scholars, and comm
Notes on a Parent’s Legacy
Notes on a Parent's Legacy by Anisa Threlkeld, Literary Intern – In my last post, I wrote about Andy Bragen’s mother and her love of books. This w
A Conversation with Graphic Designer Desiree Nasim
What story are we telling? It’s a question we theatremakers ask in every element of a production. In the case of Notes on My Mother’s Decline, pla
Notes on a Mother’s Books
Notes on a Mother's Books by Anisa Threlkeld, Literary Intern – In Notes on My Mother's Decline, Andy Bragen chronicles the many things his mother l
Rootless
Rootless: An essay by Andy Bragen by Anisa Threlkeld, Literary Intern – After both his parents died, Andy Bragen, the playwright of Notes on My Moth
On Etan Patz and Walking to School
Andy Bragen's "On Etan Patz and Walking to School" by John Brunner, Artistic Intern – Notes On My Mother’s Decline playwright Andy Bragen is a nat