In Redeat Wondemu’s new handmade photographic print, ​“Ulim,” natural lighting kisses a woman whose face is free of makeup, her hair styled in traditional Albaso braids, and a small tattoo resting on her neck. Her regal pose reels viewers into a conversation about the often overlooked intersection of patriarchy, imperialism and religious culture that Ethiopian women manage. Donning nothing underneath her orthodox garb, the woman’s beauty and nonconformity center her autonomy while underscoring h...

When Katie Darling suggested Mel Manuel run against Steve Scalise in the 2024 congressional race for Louisiana's 1st District, Manuel laughed. They were standing outside the Covington Library in Covington, Louisiana, following a library board meeting. At that point, Manuel had been steadily expanding their reach as a progressive activist in St. Tammany Parish, a notoriously conservative region of the state, since moving back to their hometown in 2021. At the time, they were still a private perso...

On May 17, 2024, Rachel Parish and Sarah Cameron Sunde embarked on an epic journey from the Browns Mill Golf Course in Atlanta to the Atlantic Ocean at Sapelo Island—a kayak trip that spanned hundreds of miles and thirty-eight days on the water. Because Atlanta is landlocked, people tend to overlook how water flows from the city to the ocean.

Hair holds power, especially for members of the LGBTQ+ community, for whom a good haircut can be life changing. Not only is hair a tool for self expression and gender presentation, but an outlet for creativity and self care. New Orleans, a city with an abundance of queer pride, has one of the few places in the country where you can get a gorgeous gender-affirming cut and gossip openly about your love life, whatever it looks like: Bandit Hair Company.

SAY GAY PLAYS offers royalty-free short plays by queer playwrights to not-for-profit theater companies, arts organizations, and educational institutions for local activism and fundraising for LGBTQ+ communities across America.

As theatre around the world finds its footing four years after the onset of the COVID pandemic, many artists are refusing to return to prior industry standards—be they related to work schedules, the subscriber model, or the very setting in which plays are taking place.

Sarah Cameron Sunde is an interdisciplinary artist and director working at the intersection of performance, video, and public art. Her current practice, rooted in the visual arts, explores deep time, embodiment, and ecological crisis, and it is informed by her decades of experience as a theatremaker, director, and translator. Amelia Parenteau is a writer, translator, and theatremaker who has translated fifteen plays from French into English.

I first met Eva Doumbia while she was on a research trip to New Orleans. I was enthralled by her explanation of the show she was creating which used elements of documentary theater and religious ceremony to address food history, its connections to the transatlantic slave trade, and colonialism. I was honored when she asked me to translate the show from French into English and produce its United States tour.

Sedef Ecer was born in Istanbul, and is a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who works in Turkish and French. Her debut novel, Trésor national (JC Lattès, 2021; Livre de Poche, 2023), won the Prix du Festival du Chambéry and was a finalist for the Prix François Billetdoux and many others.

Theatre in translation is a vibrant niche within the vast landscape of US theatre filled with passionate, visionary artists. Not only is theatre in translation a powerful tool for cultural diplomacy, but also a unique opportunity to encounter global artists’ voices within the comfort of one’s own local theatre.